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M7.3 quake rocks northeastern Japan, 950,000 homes without power
KYODO NEWS - 11 minutes ago - 01:39 | All, disasteralert, Japan
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TOKYO - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 rocked northeastern Japan late Saturday, officials said, adding there are no tsunami threats or abnormalities so far at nuclear plants in the region.
The powerful quake occurred at 11:08 p.m. with the focus about 60 kilometers below the surface off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The temblor was also felt in Tokyo.
File folders are seen scattered on the floor of the Kyodo News bureau in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2021, after a strong quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook the area. (Kyodo)
It registered upper 6 on Japan's seismic intensity scale of 7 in the prefecture, one of the areas devastated by a massive quake and ensuing tsunami nearly 10 years ago.
There are reports of at least 20 people being injured in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, according to local authorities.
A shelve is seen toppled at a house in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2021. (Kyodo)
Following the latest quake, the Japanese government set up a task force at the prime minister's office. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga entered the office around 11:28 p.m.
Top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said some 950,000 homes were without electricity following the quake.
Kato, the chief Cabinet secretary, said at a press conference that as of 11:30 p.m. the blackout had affected 860,000 homes under the area covered by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and 90,000 homes under Tohoku Electric Power Co.
Suga instructed officials to quickly survey the damage from the quake, conduct rescue efforts where necessary, and to relay information to the public in a timely manner.
A road is closed near the Kesennuma Port interchange in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2021. (Kyodo)
Horizontal shaking lasted for a few minutes inside a traditional Japanese inn in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, with plates for food scattered in its dining room.
"The initial jolt felt more powerful than the one I experienced in the Great East Japan Earthquake (in 2011)," said Tomoko Kobayashi, 68, who works at the inn. "I wondered if it would end."
No abnormalities have been found at the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants, according to Tokyo Electric Power.
It is the same situation for Japan Atomic Power Co.'s inactive Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in the village of Tokai in Ibaraki Prefecture and Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture, according to their operators.
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BREAKING NEWS: Multiple power plants offline after quake: Japan gov't spokesman
BREAKING NEWS: Saturday's M7.3 quake an aftershock of 2011 M9.0 quake: agency
TOKYO - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 rocked northeastern Japan late Saturday, officials said, adding there are no tsunami threats or abnormalities so far at nuclear plants in the region.
The powerful quake occurred at 11:08 p.m. with the focus about 60 kilometers below the surface off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The temblor was also felt in Tokyo.
File folders are seen scattered on the floor of the Kyodo News bureau in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2021, after a strong quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook the area. (Kyodo)
It registered upper 6 on Japan's seismic intensity scale of 7 in the prefecture, one of the areas devastated by a massive quake and ensuing tsunami nearly 10 years ago.
There are reports of at least 20 people being injured in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, according to local authorities.
A shelve is seen toppled at a house in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2021. (Kyodo)
Following the latest quake, the Japanese government set up a task force at the prime minister's office. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga entered the office around 11:28 p.m.
Top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said some 950,000 homes were without electricity following the quake.
Kato, the chief Cabinet secretary, said at a press conference that as of 11:30 p.m. the blackout had affected 860,000 homes under the area covered by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and 90,000 homes under Tohoku Electric Power Co.
Suga instructed officials to quickly survey the damage from the quake, conduct rescue efforts where necessary, and to relay information to the public in a timely manner.
A road is closed near the Kesennuma Port interchange in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2021. (Kyodo)
Horizontal shaking lasted for a few minutes inside a traditional Japanese inn in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, with plates for food scattered in its dining room.
"The initial jolt felt more powerful than the one I experienced in the Great East Japan Earthquake (in 2011)," said Tomoko Kobayashi, 68, who works at the inn. "I wondered if it would end."
No abnormalities have been found at the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants, according to Tokyo Electric Power.
It is the same situation for Japan Atomic Power Co.'s inactive Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in the village of Tokai in Ibaraki Prefecture and Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture, according to their operators.
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