Quakes Attract TV Crews

Tourists stayed away, but television crews swarmed the streets of this seaside resort Thursday just in case all the shaking of the last six days culminates with a Bigger One.

More than 8,400 quakes, 140 of them strong enough to be felt, have jolted this city 60 miles south of Tokyo, since last Friday. Two of the strongest temblors struck early Thursday, alarming even residents who had been taking the seismic activity in stride.

Officials have expressed fear that the increasing undersea volcanic activity that has triggered the temblors could be the early rumblings of a major quake.