A strong earthquake, which has caused an alert tsunami in the most affected area up to a meter high, has shaken northern Japan this Wednesday, according to Japanese authorities.
The earthquake occurred at 11:36 p.m. local Japanese time, near the coast of Fukushima and Miyagi, as confirmed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). According to the NHK television network, it would have a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale. The Japan Meteorological Agency has stated that It has been recorded at about 60 kilometers below sea level.
As reported by some users on Twitter, the earthquake has been felt in tokyo, where the tremor has shaken some of the capital’s buildings. What’s more, there was an earthquake previously of a lower intensity and that reached level 6. At the moment, any information about casualties or damage from this earthquake is unknown.
It is not the first time that an earthquake of these characteristics has happened in Japan. Specifically, in Fukushima, a magnitude 9 earthquake that occurred in 2011and that also caused a tsunami on the northeast coast, caused a accident in the nuclear power station Daiichi of the Japanese city.
Two earthquakes whose magnitude has been greater than that of the earthquakes that have occurred during the month of March near the Japanese country. Unlike the last two, the rest of the earthquakes barely exceeded a magnitude of 4 on the Richter scale. Japan is a area where three major tectonic plates (Pacific, Ojostk and Philippine) convergewhich increases the probability of earthquakes occurring in this area.