In the middle of the night (Tuesday morning in Japan), a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Japan off the coast of Fukushima, triggering a tsunami alert (a tsunami of 90 centimeters was later detected in Soma Port). Local authorities and the national broadcaster urged residents to remember the experience of 2011 and evacuate to higher ground.
Striking at 5:59 a.m. local time and at a depth of 6.2 miles, the quake was an aftershock from 2011, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
From the article:
“Workers at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, which was crippled after the record tsunami almost six years ago, were evacuated, according to a spokesman. There were no reports of damage at the plant from the earthquake, nor at the nearby Fukushima Dai-Ni or Onagawa nuclear plants, all of which have been shut since the nuclear disaster.
The Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant survived the earthquake in 2011, which was the strongest ever detected in Japan, only to be struck by waves of record height which destroyed the plant’s backup systems and caused meltdowns at three reactors.”
While there were reports of minor injuries and damage, including buildings shaking in Tokyo- 150 miles southwest of the epicenter- no fatalities have been reported.
A tsunami advisory for waves up to 3 feet remains in effect along the coast.
We will update you as we have more information.
Source: Yahoo! and The LA Times
