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Tokyo, March 20, 2021 – One very strong earthquake – Resulting in tsunami warning – was recorded this morning in Japan in the area of Ishinomaki off the northeast coast. The earthquake, whose magnitude is currently quantified as 7.2 on the Richter scale. According to initial information, the epicenter of the earthquake was located in particular at about sixty kilometers per hour from Sendai city, in Miyagi Prefecture. The earthquake was felt at 10.09 Italian time (18.09 local time) at a depth of 60 kilometers. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), in fact, released a tsunami alert (later revoked) and ranked the earthquake’s intensity at 5 on the Japanese maximum measurement scale of 7.
According to broadcaster Nhk, a wave in the tsunami high one meter has already reached the shores of Miyagi. It is the same Tohoku region affected by the triple catastrophe 10 years ago, adjacent to Fukushima prefecture. The authorities reported the injuries of two elderly people involved in minor domestic accidents, within their homes, whose conditions are not serious. No structural damage was found in urban centers.
de Miyagi, and the NHK channel speaks of conditions ‘close to normal’ along the areas of the coast most affected by the earthquake. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, authorities had ordered the evacuation of some 8,850 residents along the coastal area of Miyagi Prefecture. Authorities in the region have ordered investigations to see if there has been an impact on nuclear power plants in the area, local media reported. The earthquake also shook buildings in Tokyo.
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Northeast Japan, which ten years ago was the scene of the devastating earthquake that caused the nuclear power plant disaster in Fukushima, was hit last month by another strong earthquake that injured dozens. Japan is located in the so-called “ring of fire” of the Pacific, an area of intense seismic activity that extends to Southeast Asia.
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