Japan 7.3 magnitude earthquake triggers Fukushima tsunami warning

An earthquake off the coast of Japan has triggered a tsunami alert close to the Fukushima Prefecture – the location of the 2011 nuclear catastrophe following the same set off occasion. 

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck at 11:36 p.m. native time round 35 miles off the coast of Japan, setting off a sequence of security precautions that included reducing energy to the area to keep away from the same catastrophe that adopted the 9.0 magnitude quake in 2011. 

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The Tokyo Electrical Energy Firm Holdings, which operates the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant the place the cooling programs failed within the earlier catastrophe, stated that staff are checking for attainable injury. The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority later stated that every thing on the plant remained regular. 

TEPCO stated that energy remained unavailable for some 2 million residents. 

Kyodo Information reported that many individuals had gone to hospital with accidents following the quake, which was felt throughout a lot of the nation. 

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Japan’s Air Self-Protection Pressure stated it dispatched fighter jets from the Hyakuri base in Ibaraki prefecture, simply south of Fukushima, for info gathering and injury evaluation.

The federal government established an workplace at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s workplace for disaster administration. 

“Please first take motion to avoid wasting your life,” Kishida tweeted. No casualties have but been reported. 

The Related Press contributed to this report.