Video: A 7.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, cuts power to more than 2 million people, and tsunami warnings are issued

Written By طقس العرب on 2022/03/16

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - A 7.3-degree earthquake struck the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan today, Wednesday, which led to warnings of a tsunami, and the Japan Meteorological Agency reported that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 60 kilometers under the sea and the area affected by it. It is part of northern Japan and is the same area that was devastated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that caused a nuclear disaster</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>The earthquake also cut power to more than 2 million people in the Tokyo area</strong></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="en" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A powerful 7.3 magnitude <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"... has struck off the coast of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fukushima?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">... in northern <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Japan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jap... , triggering a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tsunami?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#t... advisory and plunging more than 2 million homes in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tokyo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tok... area into darkness. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/japanEarthQuake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fukushima50?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw... <a href="https://t.co/iXOudnJNLE">pic.twitter.com/iXOudnJNLE</a></p> — Prashant Sahu (@suryanandannet) <a href="https://twitter.com/suryanandannet/status/1504134941004599303?ref_src=tw... 16, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="en" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A tsunami warning has been issued.<br /><br /> Two powerful earthquakes of magnitude 7.3 and 6.4 off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"... <a href="https://t.co/1E2sAZRskR">pic.twitter.com/1E2sAZRskR</a></p> — SAQI (@SAQI8732) <a href="https://twitter.com/SAQI8732/status/1504117792940838924?ref_src=twsrc%5E... 16, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> There have been no reports of damage or casualties yet, but the power grid was cut off in more than two million homes, including 700,000 in Tokyo, according to the electricity provider, Tepco.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The company said in a tweet that it is examining operations at the Fukushima nuclear plant, where a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami off the east coast caused a nuclear disaster on March 11, 2011, killing or missing about 18,500 people.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="en" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> This is how homes shook in Japan after a violent 7.5-magnitude earthquake, which knocked out power to 2 million homes. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Japan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jap... <a href="https://t.co/EuBUVw1nLQ">pic.twitter.com/EuBUVw1nLQ</a></p> — SAQI (@SAQI8732) <a href="https://twitter.com/SAQI8732/status/1504118496711823361?ref_src=twsrc%5E... 16, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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