China News Service, February 14th. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, at 23:8 local time on the 13th, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred off the coast of Fukushima, Japan.
As of 1 o'clock on the 14th local time, the earthquake has caused more than 800,000 households to have power outages, and two units of the Fukushima Hirono Thermal Power Plant have also been emergency shut down.
According to reports, Tokyo Electric Power Company stated that the earthquake has caused power outages in approximately 780,000 households in its jurisdiction, of which Tochigi Prefecture has the largest number of approximately 218,000 households; Kanagawa Prefecture (approximately 192,000 households) and Shizuoka Prefecture (approximately 149,000 households) Households) are also more.
At the same time, Tohoku Electric Power Company also stated that about 67,000 households in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures under its jurisdiction have had power outages, including about 62,000 households in Fukushima Prefecture and 4,200 households in Miyagi Prefecture.
In addition, affected by the earthquake, the Hirono Thermal Power Plant in Hirono Town, Fukushima Prefecture has urgently shut down Unit 5 and Unit 6, and the restart time has not yet been determined.