A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck off northeastern Japan’s Fukushima area on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Company stated, however no tsunami warning was issued.
There have been no speedy reviews of harm or accidents after the earthquake, whose epicentre had a depth of 40 kilometres (25 miles) and which was additionally felt in Tokyo.
TEPCO, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear energy plant, stated “no abnormalities” had been detected on the stricken plant or others within the area.
Japan, one of many world’s most tectonically energetic nations, has strict constructing requirements designed to make sure constructions can face up to even probably the most highly effective earthquakes.
The archipelago, dwelling to round 125 million individuals, experiences round 1,500 jolts yearly, the overwhelming majority of that are gentle.
The USA Geological Survey put the magnitude of Thursday’s quake at 6.1, with a depth of 40.1 kilometres.
It comes a day after no less than 9 individuals had been killed and greater than 1,000 injured by a strong earthquake in Taiwan.
Wednesday’s magnitude-7.4 quake broken dozens of buildings in Taiwan and prompted tsunami warnings so far as Japan and the Philippines.
Japan’s greatest earthquake on file was a large magnitude-9.0 undersea jolt in March 2011 off Japan’s northeast coast, which triggered a tsunami that left round 18,500 individuals lifeless or lacking.
The 2011 disaster additionally despatched three reactors into meltdown on the Fukushima nuclear plant, inflicting Japan’s worst post-war catastrophe and probably the most critical nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
The overall price was estimated at 16.9 trillion yen ($112 billion), not together with the hazardous decommissioning of the Fukushima facility, which is predicted to take many years.
AFP
