A magnitude 6 earthquake shook a large area of eastern Japanwith epicenter off the coast of Fukushimawithout the tsunami warning being activated nor any damage resulting from it having been recorded so far.
The earthquake occurred at 12:16 local time today (3:26 GMT) and had its epicenter 40 kilometers deep off the coast of the prefecture of Fukushimain the east of the country, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The tremor reached level 4 on the Japanese seismic scale (7 levels and focused on measuring the agitation on the surface and potential damage) and the same level in the neighboring prefectures of Iwate y Miyagi.
The operating company of the damaged power plant Fukushima, TEPCOsaid that he is checking if any problem has occurred in it after the earthquake, according to the state network. NHKwhile the JR East railway suspended operations of the bullet train Tohokuwhich connects Tokyo with Sendai due to a power outage.
According to the company Tohoku Electric Powerno anomaly was detected at the nuclear power plant Miyagi Ongawa nor in the radiation levels in the areas close to it.
The earthquake in Japan It occurs after a strong earthquake hit Taiwan the day before, leaving nearly a dozen dead and hundreds injured and forcing the activation of a tsunami warning on the islands of the archipelago of Okinwasouthwest of Japan.
Japan It sits on the so-called Ring of Fire, one of the most active seismic zones in the world, and suffers earthquakes relatively frequently, so its infrastructure is specially designed to withstand tremors. EFE
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