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The actual damage situation has been clarified mainly in both prefectures on the 14th, one night after the midnight earthquake on the 13th, when a higher seismic intensity 6 was observed in the Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. At 11:00 am, at least 100 people were injured in both prefectures. Many houses and public facilities were damaged and there were water and power outages one after another. The heavily damaged Fukushima Prefecture applied the Disaster Relief Law to 17 municipalities, including Fukushima City.
According to interviews with local governments, 48 people were injured in 15 municipalities such as Sendai, Shiroishi and Yamamoto in Miyagi Prefecture. In Fukushima prefecture, there were 52 people in 15 municipalities, including Koriyama and Date. Even in Yamagata, a person was slightly injured. There were 7 serious injuries and 94 minor injuries.
In Sendai, 27 men and women were injured when they cut their legs on broken glass or fell when escaping. A 67-year-old woman from Koriyama City was seriously injured with a broken leg.
In terms of damage to houses, 12 houses were partially damaged in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. A house was damaged in Yamagata prefecture.
Public facilities were closed one after another to confirm safety. In Miyagi Prefecture, there are prefectural licensing centers, prefectural libraries, prefectural art museums, Sendai City Science Museum, etc.
On the Joban Highway, a landslide occurred between the Soma and Shinchi interchanges, and traffic was closed due to restoration work. Several seams on the pedestrian platform at Sendai station were damaged, but first aid was completed.
A total of 28 municipalities in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures have opened evacuation centers and up to 203 people have moved to Fukushima prefecture. In Miyagi prefecture, a total of 79 locations were installed in 10 cities and towns. By 6:30 am, a total of 42 people had moved in.
The largest number of 29 people in the city of Yamamoto, where the water supply was cut off, were evacuated. Others include 6 in Higashimatsushima and 5 in Shiogama. Each local government has taken measures against the infection of the new coronavirus, such as ensuring the distance between residents.
Lifelines were also seriously damaged. There were water outages due to broken water pipes in some 5,700 homes in Miyagi, mainly in the south of the prefecture. Yamamoto City was the most damaged in the prefecture with 4,700 units, and the city responded by deploying tanker trucks to 10 elementary and secondary schools.
In Fukushima, there were water cuts in the five municipalities of Minamisoma, Motomiya, Shinchi, Koori and Yabuki.
According to Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., a maximum of 99,447 homes in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures suffered a temporary power outage, but all were restored by 9 a.m. on the 14th.
