Parts of central and western Japan have been rocked by a robust, magnitude 6.5 earthquake on Friday.
Local media and authorities reported some buildings had collapsed whereas individuals have been injured within the quake centered off Japan’s western prefecture of Ishikawa.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno advised an emergency press convention that one individual was in cardiac arrest after the quake, however gave no additional particulars.
No abnormalities have been reported on the Shika nuclear energy plant within the space, or on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant within the neighboring prefecture of Niigata, Matsuno added.
Japan’s climate authorities revised the quake’s magnitude to six.5 from a preliminary 6.3, and warned in opposition to aftershocks, though it had triggered no tsunami warning.
“Earthquakes of large magnitude may occur, especially in the next three days,” a meteorological company official mentioned, including that tremors adopted the massive quake.
He urged residents of quake-hit areas to maintain look ahead to a couple of week in case of additional occasions of seismic depth 6 or increased on the Japanese scale, which runs to 7.
The authorities has arrange an earthquake response middle headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Matsuno mentioned.
“Prime Minister Kishida instructed us to do everything in our power for relief and rescue,” he added.
“We will take whatever action is necessary, depending on the damage and impact from the earthquake,” Matsuno mentioned in reply to a question whether or not the quake would have an effect on plans for Kishida to go to South Korea from Sunday.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
