The Sendai ice rink that is home to former Olympic figure skating champions Yuzuru Hanyu and Shizuka Arakawa temporarily halted operations because of a powerful earthquake that struck late Wednesday night off the coast of northeastern Japan.Miyagi Prefecture's Ice Rink Sendai closed for safety reasons a day after a 7.4 magnitude quake hit off the coast of neighboring Fukushima Prefecture, triggering tsunami alerts, evacuation orders, power outages and concerns about the nuclear reactors in the area.The region was devastated in 2011 by a magnitude 9.0 quake that triggered a massive tsunami t…READ FULL ARTICLE