The Japanese government said that there were no problems with nuclear power plants in the area regarding the 7.3 earthquake that occurred in the offshore of Fukushima Prefecture on the night of the 13th.
Government spokesman Kato Katsunobu, at a press conference on the 14th, said, "The Fukushima No. 1 and 2 nuclear power plants and the Onagawa nuclear power plants are all in good condition."
He said, "I have also received a report that there are no abnormalities in other nuclear-related facilities."
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga instructed to take full measures against earthquakes at a ministerial meeting, and said, "I hope you will pay attention to earthquakes with a maximum intensity of 6 in the next week or so."
The earthquake occurred at around 11:10 last night off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, and the largest shaking of the "Sindo 6 River" was observed in Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture.
Unlike the Richter scale, which means absolute intensity, seismic intensity, which is an earthquake rating by the Japan Meteorological Agency, is a relative concept that expresses numerically the degree of vibration of people in each area or the amount of vibration of surrounding objects when an earthquake occurs.
According to Kyodo News, a total of 152 people were injured from the earthquake in 9 prefectures including Fukushima, Miyagi, Yamagata, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Saitama, Chiba, Gunma, and Kanagawa.
More than half of the wounded came from Fukushima Prefecture.
The power outages that occurred in 900,000 households in the Tohoku and Kanto areas have been resolved, but in some areas, water outages continue.
(Photo = Yonhap News)