M 7.2, Hokkaido, Japan region. September 11, 2008 00:20:55 GMT [USGS M>2.5 Earthquakes]

That’s big enough to be a problem if it was in a populated area. Fortunately, Hokkaido isn’t exactly heavily populated. It looks like the epicenter was in the vicinity of Cape Erimo, where (as far as I know) there are just a handful of very small towns.