2024-04-04T05:48:34+00:00
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/ The Japanese Meteorological Agency reported on Thursday that a 6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Fukushima region, in northeastern Japan, without a tsunami warning being issued.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after the earthquake, which was centered at a depth of 40 kilometers and was felt by residents of Tokyo, according to the agency.
Tepco, which operates the Fukushima nuclear plant, said that “no malfunction” had been detected either at the nuclear facility or in the region, according to what Agence France-Presse reported.
Japan witnesses hundreds of earthquakes every year, although most of them do not cause damage due to strict building rules that have been in place for decades.
The US Geological Survey estimated the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.1, indicating that it occurred at a depth of 40.1 kilometers.
Japan witnessed the most severe earthquake, measuring 9 degrees, in March 2011, when it struck under the sea off the country’s northeastern coast of Japan, causing a tsunami that killed about 18,500 people, dead or missing.
This disaster caused the collapse of 3 reactors at the Fukushima plant, creating the worst disaster in Japan in the post-war period and the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on New Year’s Day this year, measuring 7.5 degrees, and it struck the Noto Peninsula, killing more than 230 people, a large number of whom died in the collapse of old buildings.
Yesterday, Wednesday, Japan issued tsunami warnings after the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Taiwan, but later canceled them.
It is noteworthy that the Taiwan earthquake caused 9 deaths, about 800 injuries, and also led to the destruction of dozens of buildings.