7.3-magnitude quake hits Japan, tsunami warning issued
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake rocked Japan Wednesday night off the coast of the Fukushima prefecture north of Tokyo, triggering a tsunami warning.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned residents to organize for a potential tsunami and informed reporters the federal government was assessing the extent of injury from the quake.
“Please first take motion to avoid wasting your life,” Kishida tweeted.
Fukushima is similar area the place a 9.0 magnitude quake sparked a nuclear meltdown in March 2011.
There was no quick info out there on casualties or injury, although violent shaking was reported all through jap Japan, together with in Tokyo.
Greater than 2 million houses had been with out electrical energy within the Tokyo area, in accordance with Tokyo Electrical Energy Firm Holdings.
The utility, which operates the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on the heart of the 2011 meltdowns, mentioned Wednesday that staff had been checking for any potential injury following the quake.
Japan’s Air Self-Protection Drive mentioned it had scrambled fighters from a close-by base to do a fly-by evaluation of injury within the area.
