![A liquor store clerk in Fukushima City removes a bottle of liquor that was broken by the earthquake on the afternoon of the afternoon of the 13th, when an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 occurred off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Although the earthquake did not cause any major damage that day, residents were anxious as they recalled the Great East Japan Earthquake 10 years ago. [교도=연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/15/b4dd07c2-d4b7-4d6b-b63c-c3f03fd00e6b.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
A liquor store clerk in Fukushima City removes a bottle of liquor that was broken by the earthquake on the afternoon of the afternoon of the 13th, when an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 occurred off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Although the earthquake did not cause any major damage that day, residents were anxious as they recalled the Great East Japan Earthquake 10 years ago. [교도=연합뉴스]
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“I was scared to sleep, so I got in the car.”
Due to a strong earthquake off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, late at night on the 13th, residents of the Tohoku region had to spend an uneasy night trembling by the trauma of the Great East Japan Earthquake 10 years ago. Immediately after the earthquake, there was news that there was no fear of a tsunami (a tsunami), but many residents did not stay at home and headed to nearby highlands or shelters.
According to the Nihongeizai Shimbun, a procession of residents fleeing by car until dawn on the 14th continued in the highlands of Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture. Ishinomaki City is a city where 3,500 people died from the tsunami during the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011.
The earthquake occurred on the 13th at 11:8 pm off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture at 37.7 degrees north latitude and 141.8 degrees east longitude, about 60 km deep. With a magnitude of 7.3, it was the same century as the earthquake that occurred in Kumamoto in 2016. Due to this earthquake, the largest shaking of the “Jindo 6 River” was observed in Fukushima and parts of Miyagi Prefecture. Tokyo hit progress 4. Experts analyzed that while the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on the shallow seabed at a depth of about 24 km, causing a huge tsunami, this time the epicenter was deep underground and did not cause a tsunami.
A strong earthquake off the coast of Fukushima, Japan
The earthquake caused a total of 120 injuries in Fukushima Prefecture, including a 67-year-old woman rolled off stairs and seriously injured. In Fukushima, roads were blocked due to a landslide, houses collapsed, and a fire broke out in an apartment house in Miyagi Prefecture, causing residents to evacuate quickly.
Immediately after the earthquake, 900,000 households in the metropolitan area, Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Niigata prefectures suffered power outages, but most of them were resolved on the morning of the 14th. Some areas of the Tohoku Shinkansen destined for the affected area were suspended until the 15th.
The Japan Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority announced on the 14th that no abnormalities were found at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which is being decommissioned. However, Kyodo News said it was confirmed that water overflowed from the spent fuel tank (pool) in the upper part of the reactor building of No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant 5 and 6 in the aftermath of the earthquake. The amount of water overflowed was a small amount and the radiation dose was low, so there was no safety problem, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Agency explained.
At the request of Fukushima Prefecture, the Japanese government plans to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to support recovery and shelter. It also announced that it will thoroughly quarantine the corona 19 so that it does not spread in the disaster area. The Japan Meteorological Agency announced that the earthquake is likely to be the aftershock of the Great East Japan Earthquake 10 years ago.
Tokyo = Correspondent Lee Young-hee [email protected]