Recall that during the accident at Fukushima in 2011, the earthquake was a magnitude of 9.1. The epicenter of the current earthquake is located in the same area, in the sea, about fifty kilometers east of the city of Minamisoma, in the department of Fukushima.
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Published on 03/16/2022 04:22 PM Updated on 03/16/2022 04:45 PM
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Two million homes were left without electricity. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the east of the island of Honshu (Japan) was shaken on the evening of Wednesday, March 16, by a strong earthquake, which was felt even in Tokyo with a magnitude of 7.3. He issued a tsunami warning for much of the northeast coast. The epicenter of the earthquake, which occurred at 23:36 local time (15:36 Paris time), was at sea, about fifty kilometers from the city of Minamisoma, in the department of Fukushima, at a depth of 60 km, according to JMA.
The USGS has located the quake’s epicenter as the blue dot on the map below. It is very close to the 2011 earthquake that caused the deadly tsunami and disaster at Fukushima.
East Japan Earthquake, March 16, 2022 (SCREEN SHOT/US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)
Recall that during the disaster at Fukushima in 2011, the earthquake was a magnitude of 9.1. Its epicenter was in the same area as March 16, 2022, east of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It is not yet known if the earthquake resulted in any casualties.