Earthquake at Tohoku Region, Japan on 26/5/03 ... reports in UK

• Strong quake rocks Japan, BBC News Online 26/5/03.
  (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2938248.stm)

An example of the report here in the UK on the earthquake that hit Sendai City on 26 May 2003. Initially BBC News 24 reported that the Scale 6 on the Japanese Meteorological Agency was equal to 7 on the Richter Scale, although this was a completely wrong statement...