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September 06, 2018 A 6.7 degree Richter earthquake struck the Japanese island of Hokkaido tonight.
The earthquake caused a blackout in a large area of Hokkaido, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago, and also caused interruptions in telephone services and television broadcasts.
An initial report speaks of nine dead, 30 missing and three hundred injured.
The powerful tremor caused landslides and landslides in the town of Atsuma, located near the epicenter.
Sapporo airport will be closed for the whole day, the Ministry of Transport informed, and the services of the super-fast Shinkansen trains will also be restricted.
The blackout during the night also affected 40 hospitals in the region, telephone lines and the transmission signal of local television channels.
The government has set up a crisis unit, approving the dispatch of 25 thousand men of the Self-Defense forces, whose priority - premier Shinzo Abe has announced - is to save lives.