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A powerful 7.3-magnitude quake jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday night, rattling the capital Tokyo and prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the northeast coast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The quake, which cut power to more than two million households, was centred off the coast of the Fukushima region at a depth of 60 kilometres (37 miles).
Shortly after it hit at 11:36 pm (1436 GMT) an advisory for tsunami waves of one metre was issued for the coasts of northeastern Fukushima and Miyagi regions.
NHK video of the earthquake
【動画】福島 郡山市のビジネスホテル室内 地震の発生時の様子https://t.co/hSFl6pg4SZ
震度5強を観測した福島県郡山市のビジネスホテルで、地震の発生時の様子を撮影した映像では、備え付けられている机やいすのほか、加湿器や壁にかけられた額も大きく揺れ動いています。#nhk_video pic.twitter.com/E7Bp6qBsFC— NHKニュース (@nhk_news) March 16, 2022
Japan’s nuclear authority said no abnormalities were detected at the stricken Fukushima plant that went into meltdown 11 years ago after a huge 9.0-magnitude quake off the eastern coast on March 11, 2011, triggering a deadly tsunami and nuclear disaster.
“Calls have been inundating police and ambulances in Fukushima and Miyagi,” top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters. “We’re doing our best to assess the extent of the damage.”
Matsuno said an emergency government taskforce had been set up and warned residents of possible strong aftershocks over the next week.
“Major aftershocks often happen a couple of days after the…
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