A strong earthquake hit the soil of Northern Japan last Saturday, June 14, 2008. This magnitude 7.2 earthquake was reported to have killed six persons and injured more than a hundred. Guests from a leveled resort hotel have been trapped due to fallen debris.

It struck at 8:43 a.m. (12:43 a.m. British time). Its main point was 10 km (6 miles) underground in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, north of Tokyo leaving some big companies including Toyota Motor Corporation to stop their operation.

Miyagi and Iwate is a place where a lot of of large factories are situated.

Fujitsu Ltd and Sony stop the progress of production in the said region for their equipments damage tests while a company for assembling cars for Toyota suffered some minor damage at a factory. According to a spokesperson, the quake banged over some equipments and auto bodies at a factory operated by Kanto Auto Works Ltd in Iwate which is performs the assembling of Corolla models for Toyota.

Due to the minor damages on the firm, it suspended its operation to perform some equipments tests and still considers the plan for resuming operation on Monday.

A spokesperson for Toyota also added that factories operating nearby and the group of companies in Miyagi did not suffer any damage. Sony has halted operations for safety purposes. Fujitsu also halted for equipment checks at its semiconductor factory. While a car parts maker named Keihin Corp also situated on the tremor place could not be reached for comments.