Quake rattles eastern Hokkaido; 17 injured.

(From International Herald Tribune (Herald Asahi))

The Asahi Shimbun A strong earthquake rocked eastern Hokkaido early Monday, injuring at least 17 people and causing nearly 200 villagers to temporarily evacuate, meteorological and local officials said

The intensity of the 3:32 a.m. quake reached an upper 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in the towns of Kushiro, Teshikaga and Bekkai

Lower 5 intensities were recorded in the city of Kushiro, the towns of Shizunai and Akkeshi and elsewhere. Tremors even reached the Tohoku and Kanto regions, including an intensity of 1 in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward and in Yokohama

The temblor was strong enough to …