(International) Tokyo, Japan experienced the strongest earthquake in ten years
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, October 7 (Reporter Guo Dan) According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, at 22:41 local time on the 7th (21:41 Beijing time), a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred in the northwestern part of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Adachi, Tokyo The earthquake intensity reached the top 5.
This is the first time an earthquake with a magnitude of 5 earthquakes has been observed in Tokyo since the "March 11" earthquake in 2011.
According to observations by the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter of the earthquake was at 35.6 degrees north latitude, 140.1 degrees east longitude, and the focal depth was 80 kilometers.
The entire Tokyo area, including Chiba, Saitama, Tokyo, and Kanagawa prefectures, felt strong. The earthquake in Minato-ku, Tokyo, where the reporter was located, was level 4, and the windows and walls were shaking violently.
According to the Japanese police and fire department, more than 20 people have been injured in the earthquake due to sudden braking, falling and other reasons.
Affected by the earthquake, many Shinkansen lines in Japan suspended operations.
Tokyo Metropolitan Ground Transportation Yamanote Line trams and subways all suspended operations, some stations were blacked out, and passengers were evacuated.
The capital highway is forbidden to pass on a large area.
The runway of Haneda Airport is partially closed.
According to Japanese media reports, water pipe bursts, water leaks, and water cuts occurred in 23 districts of Tokyo and many places in Chiba Prefecture; more than 6000 households in the Kanto region had power outages.
Elevator power outages and outages occurred in many areas of Tokyo. Someone posted on social media that they were trapped in the elevator or forced to climb stairs to go home.
After the earthquake, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked relevant departments to accurately grasp the disaster situation and send accurate information to the people.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said that the earthquake did not cause a tsunami risk, but there is still the possibility of an earthquake of the same magnitude in the coming week, and the public should strengthen prevention.
The earthquake intensity set by the Japan Meteorological Agency is 0 to 4, 5 weak, 5 strong, 6 weak, 6 strong, and 7 from weak to strong, with a total of 10 levels.
Japan is located in the world's most active seismic zone-the Pacific Rim seismic zone, which is also the seismic zone with the most earthquakes in the world.