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EARTHQUAKE: TWO DEAD AFTER JAPAN HIT BY TREMOR

Published17 March
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WATCH: CCTV shows strong earthquake hitting north-east Japan

A powerful earthquake that hit north-east Japan left at least two people dead
and 160 injured, officials said, but caused relatively minor damage.

Two million homes initially lost power and a bullet train was derailed, but none
of its passengers were hurt.

The Japan Meteorological Agency lifted a tsunami warning on Thursday morning.

The magnitude 7.4 quake was in the same area as the one which caused the 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster but it was not damaged this time, officials said.

In some areas the earthquake was too forceful for people to stand, and buildings
rattled in the capital Tokyo.

Image source, Reuters
Image caption,
In many places, such as here in Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, cracks appeared in
roads

The quake took place at 23:36 on Wednesday (14:36 GMT), at a depth of 57
kilometres (35.4 miles), Japanese authorities said.



They warned of possible aftershocks 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 it
was withdrawn on Thursday morning after waves one-third of that height reached
shore.

Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,
Residents sheltered at an evacuation centre in Soma, Fukushima prefecture on
Thursday

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. A second death was reported in Miyagi
Prefecture.

Some media reports said four people died in the quake, but government spokesman
Hirokazu Matsuno said the number of fatalities directly caused by it was still
being confirmed.

Electricity to more than 2.2 million homes was temporarily cut in 14
prefectures, including the Tokyo region, but by mid-morning power had been
restored to most places, the local electricity provider said.

There was a lucky escape for those on board a bullet train that was derailed by
the quake north of Fukushima city - fortunately it was not going fast and no-one
was hurt.



Passengers and staff were trapped for four hours on board before being able to
escape.

Image source, EPA
Image caption,
The Tohoku shinkansen bullet train derailed but no-one was injured

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters earlier the government was
still trying to assess the extent of any damage, and authorities said emergency
services had been inundated with calls.

Buildings in Tokyo shook for more than two minutes. Further north in Fukushima
the shaking was much more powerful.

In Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, a city official told AFP news agency he had
been woken up by "extremely violent shaking".

"I heard the ground rumbling. Rather than feeling scared, I immediately
remembered the Great East Japan earthquake," he said, referring to the 2011
disaster.

Image source, AFP
Image caption,
About 700,000 of those left for hours without power were in Tokyo, according to
the capital's electricity supplier

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.




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