1 of 3 Emerson Barros, Brazilian in Japan Photo: Reproduction Emerson Barros, Brazilian in Japan Photo: Reproduction
The Brazilian Emerson Barros, resident of Kyoto, Japan, reported the moment he could feel the earthquake that shook the country this Monday (1).
According to Emerson, it was 4 p.m. local time (4 a.m. in Brazil) when they noticed furniture and electronics in his house being moved. Despite the fear, he assures us that “everything is fine.”
“The doors, chairs, table and television, everything started moving. The dog was scared, but nothing happened anymore,” explained the Brazilian.
Emerson was watching television when an earthquake warning went off. He said 107 earthquakes were recorded in the country in nine hours, two of which were “very severe”.
“It was a very loud noise. It stopped the broadcast on television showing the city where the earthquake occurred. Then everything started to shake. But here in Kyoto there were no serious consequences,” he added.
The Brazilian explained that the biggest problem was in the Ishikawa region, about 200 km from Kyoto, and reassured the family.
2 of 3 Japanese television calls on people to leave risk areas Photo: Reproduction/Emerson Barros Japanese television calls on people to leave risk areas Photo: Reproduction/Emerson Barros
“On TV they only show things like 'escape' and 'go there'. But it's good to reassure the family that everything is okay. For people who are not used to this in Brazil, this is something new. It's completely normal here.” “Not on the scale of a tsunami, but everything is fine here,” he concluded.
Emerson, a 28yearold engineer, was born in Resende, RJ, and moved to Japan a month ago after marrying a Japanese woman. He met her in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, where he had lived since he was 23.
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Due to the tremors, Russia, North Korea and South Korea also issued tsunami warnings in their countries.
The strongest earthquake, measuring 7.6 magnitude, struck at around 4:10 p.m. local time (4:10 a.m. Brazil time) in the city of Anamizu in the Ishikawa region on the west coast of Japan.
3 of 3 earthquake of magnitude 7.6 shakes Japan — Photo: Arte g1 Earthquake of magnitude 7.6 shakes Japan — Photo: Arte g1
For four hours, authorities warned of a “large tsunami” with waves of up to 5 meters for the Ishikawa region the waves that hit the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011, causing one of the worst nuclear accidents in history, reached a height of 15 meters. Height.
In the early evening local time (around 8:30 a.m. Brazilian time), local authorities reduced the risk of waves of 3 meters in the same region, but said tsunamis were still being recorded. The alert level was later lowered further and waves of up to 1 meter high were predicted.
Japanese public television NHK said waves measuring 4 feet (1.2 meters) reached the town of Wajima, just a few kilometers from the quake's epicenter, but caused no damage. Other cities also recorded smaller waves.
In the city of Wajima, also on the west coast, at least 30 buildings collapsed, according to the fire department, and there were reports of people trapped under rubble. According to Japanese government spokesman Hayashi Yoshimsa, houses in Ishikawa were destroyed and military personnel were sent to assist in rescue operations.
This is the first time since the tragedy at the Fukushima power plant, which was flooded on March 11, 2011 after an earthquake and tsunami struck the region on Japan's east coast. Twenty thousand people died in the event.