A powerful magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook central Japan on Monday however there was no tsunami warning, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) mentioned.
The shallow jolt, which hit at 6:31 am (2131 GMT), was centred within the Noto Peninsula, the place a devastating quake on January 1 killed greater than 230 folks.
Local officers mentioned there have been no rapid experiences of harm however they have been nonetheless amassing data, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Monday morning’s earthquake was adopted round 10 minutes later by a second, smaller magnitude-4.8 shake in the identical space, the JMA mentioned.
The operator of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant within the area mentioned it had suspended operations to examine for harm, in line with NHK.
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The broadcaster warned that many buildings within the coastal Sea of Japan area may need been beforehand broken within the highly effective January earthquake and its aftershocks.
The January 1 quake destroyed and toppled buildings, precipitated fires and knocked out infrastructure on the Noto Peninsula simply as households have been celebrating New Year’s Day.
Sitting on prime of 4 main tectonic plates alongside the western fringe of the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, Japan is among the world’s most tectonically energetic nations.
The archipelago, residence to round 125 million folks, experiences round 1,500 jolts yearly and accounts for round 18 p.c of the world’s earthquakes.
The overwhelming majority are delicate, though the harm they trigger varies in line with their location and the depth under the Earth’s floor at which they strike.
Still, even giant quakes often trigger little harm due to particular building strategies and strict constructing rules on the planet’s quantity 4 economic system.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
