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Mon, 04/11/2011 - 19:49
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M7.0 quake jolts eastern, northeastern Japan, 1 killed
TOKYO (Kyodo) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 jolted eastern and northeastern Japan on Monday afternoon, killing a 16-year-old young woman and leaving at least two of her family members injured and three people unaccounted for in a mudslide that occurred in Fukushima Prefecture.
A tsunami warning was temporarily issued for the coastal area of Ibaraki Prefecture following the 5:16 p.m. quake, which registered lower 6 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in parts of Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Following the quake, believed to be an aftershock of the March 11 magnitude 9.0 temblor, about 30 earthquakes have occurred, all with focuses in the Hamadori area in Fukushima Prefecture, including two that logged lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale.
The first of the quakes came a minute after the magnitude-7.0 one and recorded a preliminary magnitude of 6.0, while the second one, which rattled the area around 5:26 p.m. logged a preliminary magnitude of 5.6.
There was also a quake registering lower 5 on the Japanese scale with its epicenter in northern Ibaraki Prefecture at around 8:42 p.m. With the latest series of quakes, more than 400 aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 or larger have been observed following the March 11 quake.
Fukushima prefectural police said two houses in Iwaki collapsed due to the mudslide, killing Ai Takahashi, seriously injuring her 71-year-old grandfather Sadao and slightly injuring her 14-year-old sister Nozomi.
In Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, a 46-year-old man died after he fell and hit his head, prompting authorities to check whether his death was caused by Monday's earthquake, according to the prefectural government.
Injuries were also reported in other parts of Fukushima Prefecture as well as in Ibaraki and Kanagawa prefectures, while a fire broke out in Iwaki, police said.
Power failure occurred at around 200,000 households in Fukushima following the quakes. Blackouts were also observed in parts of Ibaraki Prefecture.
The latest major quake temporarily cut off part of the external power supply at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, already crippled by the March 11 quake and tsunami, halting operations to inject water onto the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors for about 50 minutes, the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.
The agency said the incident does not appear to have caused safety problems to the reactors.
There were no reports of damage to nuclear power facilities in Ibaraki, Niigata, Miyagi and Aomori prefectures, according to prefectural governments and plant operators.
East Japan Railway Co. temporarily suspended bullet train services on the Tohoku, Joetsu, Nagano and Yamagata shinkansen lines, while parts of the Tohoku Expressway and Joban Expressway were briefly closed due to the quakes.
A tsunami warning was temporarily issued for the coastal area of Ibaraki Prefecture following the 5:16 p.m. quake, which registered lower 6 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in parts of Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Following the quake, believed to be an aftershock of the March 11 magnitude 9.0 temblor, about 30 earthquakes have occurred, all with focuses in the Hamadori area in Fukushima Prefecture, including two that logged lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale.
The first of the quakes came a minute after the magnitude-7.0 one and recorded a preliminary magnitude of 6.0, while the second one, which rattled the area around 5:26 p.m. logged a preliminary magnitude of 5.6.
There was also a quake registering lower 5 on the Japanese scale with its epicenter in northern Ibaraki Prefecture at around 8:42 p.m. With the latest series of quakes, more than 400 aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 or larger have been observed following the March 11 quake.
Fukushima prefectural police said two houses in Iwaki collapsed due to the mudslide, killing Ai Takahashi, seriously injuring her 71-year-old grandfather Sadao and slightly injuring her 14-year-old sister Nozomi.
In Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, a 46-year-old man died after he fell and hit his head, prompting authorities to check whether his death was caused by Monday's earthquake, according to the prefectural government.
Injuries were also reported in other parts of Fukushima Prefecture as well as in Ibaraki and Kanagawa prefectures, while a fire broke out in Iwaki, police said.
Power failure occurred at around 200,000 households in Fukushima following the quakes. Blackouts were also observed in parts of Ibaraki Prefecture.
The latest major quake temporarily cut off part of the external power supply at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, already crippled by the March 11 quake and tsunami, halting operations to inject water onto the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors for about 50 minutes, the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.
The agency said the incident does not appear to have caused safety problems to the reactors.
There were no reports of damage to nuclear power facilities in Ibaraki, Niigata, Miyagi and Aomori prefectures, according to prefectural governments and plant operators.
East Japan Railway Co. temporarily suspended bullet train services on the Tohoku, Joetsu, Nagano and Yamagata shinkansen lines, while parts of the Tohoku Expressway and Joban Expressway were briefly closed due to the quakes.
