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Earthquake: Two dead after Japan

hit by tremor
March, 17th 2022

A powerful earthquake hit north-east Japan on Wednesday night,

temporarily cutting power to two million homes.
The magnitude 7.3 tremor struck the same region where a major
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earthquake triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster 11 years ago.
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Two people died and at least 90 were injured, officials say. In
some areas it was too forceful for people to stand, and buildings
rattled in the capital Tokyo.

AFP news agency reports. The quake took place at 23:36 (14:36
GMT), at a depth of 57 kilometres (35.4 miles), Japanese
authorities said.Aftershocks were said to be possible in
Fukushima, Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures.Immediately after
the event, Japan's meteorological agency issued an advisory for
tsunami waves of one metre (3.3ft) for parts of the north-east
coast, but Japanese broadcaster NHK is now reporting that it has ELABORATION
been withdrawn.Local electricity providers said about 700,000
homes in Tokyo and 156,000 in Japan's north-east had been left
without power immediately after the shock, but supplies have
since been restored to many households.A number of people
across north-eastern Japan were hurt by falling objects or in falls,
and in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture,
Local Media Reported that one man in his sixties had died. The
second death was reported in Miyagi Prefecture. A bullet train
north of Fukushima city was also derailed by the quake, according
to its operator. There were no immediate reports of injuries from
that incident.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters the

government was still trying to assess the extent of any damage,
and authorities said emergency services had been inundated with
calls.In Ishinomaki, a city official told AFP he had been woken up
by "extremely violent shaking". "I heard the ground rumbling. SOURCE
Rather than feeling scared, I immediately remembered the Great
East Japan earthquake," he said, referring to the 2011 disaster.
Thursday's earthquake happened almost 60km off the coast of
Fukushima, not far from the epicentre of the most powerful
earthquake in Japan's history, which killed 18,000 people when it
struck 11 years ago. The 2011 earthquake triggered a tsunami and
destroyed the Fukushima nuclear plant, sparking a major disaster
after radiation leaked from the plant.Nuclear authorities said that
no abnormalities had been detected after Wednesday night's
earthquake at the damaged Fukushima site.

SOURCE : Earthquake: Two dead after Japan hit by tremor - BBC News