A major earthquake was recorded this Thursday, April 4 to the east of the Japanese archipelago, announced the United States Geological Survey. Local authorities have not issued a tsunami warning.
Twenty-four hours after Taiwan, the Pacific shook again. A magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Japan on Thursday, April 4, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). No tsunami warning was issued by the archipelago’s meteorological agency.
Local media did not immediately report any damage or casualties after the earthquake, whose magnitude was estimated at 6.1 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Fukushima region
The tremor, which was also felt in Tokyo, occurred the day after a very violent earthquake near Taiwan which left nine dead and more than 1,000 injured on the island, as well as extensive material damage.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in Japanese waters, about 80 kilometers from Minamisōma, in Fukushima prefecture. A region still mourned by the disaster of March 2011 which left around 20,000 dead and missing.
A 9.0 magnitude underwater earthquake caused a gigantic tsunami on the country’s northeastern coast, which also caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.
“No anomaly” was identified at Fukushima Daiichi after Thursday’s earthquake, assured on the social network
The Noto Peninsula, a rural and remote area in the center of the Japanese archipelago, also suffered a magnitude 7.5 earthquake on January 1 which left more than 240 dead, notably due to the collapse of numerous houses. ancient.
A 4.4 magnitude quake an hour earlier
This Thursday’s quake was recorded at 12:16 p.m. (5:16 a.m. Paris time) and was preceded by a magnitude 4.4 earthquake an hour earlier. Local media did not immediately report any damage or casualties, note our colleagues from Agence France Presse.
Located on the border of several tectonic plates, Japan and Taiwan frequently experience earthquakes, and in an attempt to limit their consequences apply extremely strict construction rules. Their residents are also regularly made aware of emergency measures in the face of natural disasters.
This tremor comes only 24 hours after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan early Wednesday, killing at least 9 people and injuring more than 1,000 on the island. The earthquake is “the strongest in 25 years” on the island, according to the authorities. In September 1999, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake killed 2,400 people, the worst disaster in Taiwan’s modern history.