Eight people were reported injured Thursday after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off southwestern Japan , but there appeared to be no major damage or tsunami. The epicentre of the quake, which hit at 11:14 pm Wednesday, was located between the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, the US Geological Survey said. Japan experiences around 1,500…
Japan experiences around 1,500 quakes every year. The vast majority are mild and even larger quakes usually cause little damage.“No abnormalities have been detected at the Ikata power plant… and the operation is continuing,” it said. Police and disaster management officials at the Ehime government could not immediately confirm those reports but said they would soon publish a roundup of relevant information.In Ozu city in Ehime, at least one landslide blocked a road while falling rocks also blocked some roads in Uwajima city.“I was about to go to bed when I felt the rumbling and knew a quake was coming.
The 2011 catastrophe also sent three reactors into meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing Japan’s worst post-war disaster and the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Eight people were reported injured Thursday after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off southwestern Japan, but there appeared to be no major damage or tsunami. The epicentre of the quake, which hit at 11:14 pm Wednesday, was located between the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, the US Geological Survey said. Japan experiences around 1,500…
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