West Japan This Wednesday, there was a new aftershock of magnitude 5.5, following this Monday’s magnitude 7.6 earthquake, which killed at least 62 people in the region.

At 10:54 local time, the earthquake was recorded at a depth of 10 kilometers with an epicenter on the Noto Peninsula, in Ishikawa Prefecture. just like the earthquake on MondayThis was reported by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), which did not issue a tsunami warning.

Recent tremors were felt strongly in the city of Wajimaone of the worst affected by the movement two days ago, but also in Nanao, Nakanoto, Aanamizu and Noto, all of which have reported deaths since the strong earthquake earlier in the week.

The JMA considers the magnitude 5 earthquake to be higher. interferes with walking without holding on to something stable.

The new earthquake comes after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck this Monday off the west coast of central Japan. leaving at least 62 deadAccording to the latest data, rescue operations and the search for people trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings are still ongoing.

It’s an earthquake most destructive in Japan since 2016 in Kumamoto Prefecture (which killed more than 200 people), this is the first level 7 earthquake recorded in the country since 2018, when an earthquake reached level 7 on Hokkaido island.

However, this tremor did not cause serious damage as it occurs in a very sparsely populated area of ​​the country.

Monday’s earthquake also caused activate tsunami warning along most of the archipelago’s coasts for almost the entire day, although the recorded sea level rise fortunately did not cause significant damage. (EFE)