Magnitude 6 earthquake This Thursday it shook a large area of ​​eastern Japan, with its epicenter off the coast of Japan. Fukushima, without activating a tsunami warning and no damage caused by it has been recorded at this time.

The earthquake occurred today at 12:16 local time (3:26 GMT). The epicenter was at a depth of 40 kilometers. off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, in the east of the country, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

The tremor reached level 4 on the Japanese seismic scale (7 levels and focuses on measuring surface disturbance and potential damage) and the same level in the neighboring prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi.

TEPCO, which operates the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, said checking if it has any problem after the earthquakeWhile JR East suspended operations on the Tohoku bullet train connecting Tokyo to Sendai due to a power outage, state broadcaster NHK reported.

According to Tohoku Electric Power, no anomalies detected at the nuclear power plant Miyagi-Ongawa, nor the radiation levels in the surrounding areas. which suffered a serious nuclear accident in 2011 following a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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Japan has already implemented the fourth round of discharge of treated water from the plant into the sea, which led to criticism among residents and countries in the region, especially China, which has imposed bans on the import of all seafood from Japan.

The earthquake in Japan this Thursday followed a strong earthquake that occurred the day before in Taiwan. about a dozen dead and hundreds wounded and forcing the activation of tsunami warnings on the islands of the Okinwa archipelago, southwest of Japan.

Japan is located on the so-called Ring of Fire. One of the most active seismic zones in the world, earthquakes occur relatively frequently here, so its infrastructure is specially designed to withstand tremors.

(according to information from EFE and Europe Press)