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TOTAL COLLAPSE: A house collapsed in the town of Koori in Fukushima prefecture after a strong earthquake.
At least 96 people were injured in a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the northeast coast of Japan. The Fukushima nuclear power plant does not appear to have been damaged by the earthquake.
However, around 950,000 homes were without power after the earthquake, spokesman Katsunobu Kato told Japanese state channel NHK.
More than 96 people should have been damaged in the tremors, which according to Kyodo News should have lasted several minutes.
– The first earthquake felt even more powerful than it did during the 2011 earthquake. I was wondering if it would ever end, hotel worker Tomoko Kobayashi tells Kyodo News.
There should be no danger that the earthquake caused a tsunami, reports the Japan Meteorological Agency. However, the Japan Times writes that those living on the coast for safety are asked to move to higher ground.
GLASS CUTTING: A store owner cleans broken bottles of rice liquor and other types of spirits and wine.
Fukushima City Authorities write to your Twitter account open various evacuation centers for those affected by the earthquake, including at the NVC Fukushima Arena sports facility.
Fukushima province was hit hardest by the triple disaster nearly ten years ago, when an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster occurred simultaneously in March 2011.
At that time, Japan was hit by a powerful earthquake and subsequent tsunami. It brought down the cooling systems of three of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the country’s northeast coast, and all three reactor cores melted.
This caused the release of large amounts of radioactive radiation. Since then, the debate about nuclear energy in the country has intensified.
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