Pacific Ring of Fire: First big quake of 2012 hits Japan, magnitude 7

Japan’s Meteorological Agency says a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit near the Torishima Island in the Pacific Ocean.

The tremors were felt from Tokyo up to Fukushima, on Honshu, and felt in the southern part of Hokkaido.  On the land the quake registered as a 4 magnitude using the Japanese quake scale.

So far no damage reported, and no fears of tsunami.