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A strong earthquake struck the region of Tokyo and Fukushima, Japan, late in the morning on Saturday (Brasilia time). The epicenter was in the Pacific, east of Honshu and off the coast of Fukushima prefecture.
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0 and a depth of 60 kilometers. The Japan Meteorological Agency does not anticipate a major tsunami and has reported that minimal sea level rise may occur. Even so, the inhabitants of the coastal areas were put on alert. The net NHK reported that there was no damage to the Niigata nuclear plant.
Niigata Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant No impact of TEPCO confirmed earthquake #nhk_news https://t.co/QOqhcvolrf
– NHK News (@nhk_news) February 13, 2021
Residents of the worst affected areas, in Tokyo and Fukushima, described the commotion as very long and minutes.
The earthquake was so big that I took a thoughtful video for some reason, but somehow pic.twitter.com/VOSl6PnGfj
– Himei (@ himei42) February 13, 2021
Level 6 earthquake in Japan. I was in Fukushima but I still shook my home well! pic.twitter.com/rZSJYiOA5K
– Mr Japan 🇯🇵 (@YLaylee) February 13, 2021
M7.1 earthquake off the coast of Fukushima-Ken … my first experience of such magnitude in Japan … I’m glad I got the warning a few seconds before the first wave … 😢#Japan #earthquake #jma #emsc pic.twitter.com/Gb5AoZa5K8
– Shreya (@ Shreya63011411) February 13, 2021
#Japan: Video showing the tremors felt during magnitude 7.1 #earthquake on the Tokyo subway. pic.twitter.com/hqH9sxwNWK
– Rahul Upadhyay (@rahulrajnews) February 13, 2021
Today’s earthquake occurs less than a month after the 10th anniversary of the great earthquake followed by a tsunami in Fukushima on March 11. 2011 with a magnitude of 9.1. The earthquake left 15,800 dead and 2,000 missing. It brought a lot of destruction from a large tsunami and caused a nuclear accident at the Fukushima plant.
Country prepared
Japan is one of the most seismically active regions on the planet and is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. The country, therefore, is used to earthquakes and some of enormous intensity. Due to the risks, the building code is very strict and the civil defense system is one of the most prepared on the planet with recurrent training of the population on how to react to situations of natural disasters such as typhoons, tsunamis and earthquakes.
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