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Japan The consequences of this powerful 7.5 magnitude event are currently being assessed. Earthquake Who was killed late on Tuesday night, It caused injuries, minor damage, and a tsunami along its Pacific coast.
Officials are warning residents about the possibility of aftershocks As emergency teams evaluate the full extent of the impact.
At least 34 people were injured, including one person seriously. According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Public broadcaster NHK reported that most of these injuries were the result of falling objects.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi confirmed the immediate formation of an emergency task force to assess the damage. “We are putting people’s lives first and doing everything we can,” he said, later reiterating in parliament that “the Government We will continue our utmost efforts and remind people that they have to protect their own lives.”
The seismic event, measured at 7.5 magnitude by Japanese authorities and 7.6 by the US Geological Survey, occurred around 11.15 pm in the Pacific Ocean.
Its epicenter was about 80 kilometers off the coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture on Japan’s main Honshu island, with the USGS indicating a depth of 44 kilometers below the surface.
A tsunami Waves of up to 70 centimeters were recorded at Kuji Port in Iwate Prefecture, just south of Aomori, while other coastal communities in the area experienced waves of up to 50 centimeters. Japan Meteorological Agency Informed. NHK also noted that the waves damaged several oyster rafts.
The agency lifted all tsunami advisories by 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said about 800 homes were without power and Shinkansen bullet trains and some local lines were suspended in parts of the region early Tuesday. East Japan Railways said bullet trains resumed operating in the region later Tuesday.
According to Tohoku Electric Power Co., power had been mostly restored by Tuesday morning.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said about 480 residents were sheltered at Hachinohe Air Base and 18 defense helicopters were deployed to assess damage.
About 200 passengers were stranded overnight at Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport, NHK reported. Parts of the roof of a domestic terminal building collapsed on the floor on Tuesday, rendering it unfit for use, according to the airport operator.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority said about 450 liters of water spilled from a spent fuel cooling area at the Rokkasho fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori, but its water level remained within normal limits and there were no safety concerns. The NRA said no abnormalities were found at other nuclear power plants and used fuel storage facilities.
The JMA warned of possible aftershocks in the coming days. It said the risk of a level 8 earthquake and possible tsunami had slightly increased along Japan’s northeastern coast from Chiba, just east of Tokyo, to Hokkaido.
The agency urged residents of the region’s 182 municipalities to monitor their emergency preparedness in the coming week, and reminded them that caution is not a forecast.
Monday’s quake struck just north of the coastal region where a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in 2011 killed nearly 20,000 people and destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
“You need to prepare assuming that such a disaster could happen again,” said JMA official Satoshi Harada.
Small tremors continued on Tuesday also. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 6.6 quake and a subsequent magnitude 5.1 quake a few hours after the initial quake.