Northern Japan was shaken on Friday by a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7, after which a tsunami warning was issued, LETA reported citing AFP.
The earthquake occurred four days after a magnitude 7.5 quake in the same region injured 51 people.
Japan's Meteorological Agency, which initially assessed the strength of the new earthquake at 6.5, later revised the data and warned that tsunami waves of up to one meter could occur along the Pacific coast of northern Japan.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.7, with its epicenter located in the sea, 130 kilometers from the city of Kuji in Iwate Prefecture on Japan's main island of Honshu.
The NHK broadcasting company reported that the tremors this time were weaker than during Monday's earthquake, when items fell from shelves, cracks appeared in roads, windows shattered, and tsunami wave heights reached 70 centimeters.
On Friday, Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority reported that no signs of anomalies were detected at nuclear power facilities in the region.
Leave a comment