After 6 pm on the 20th, there was an earthquake in Miyagi prefecture that observed shaking with a seismic intensity of 5 or higher, and a tsunami warning was temporarily announced on the coast of Miyagi prefecture, but it was canceled after that.
The Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for attention to earthquakes with a maximum seismic intensity of 5 or higher for the next week or so.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, at around 6:09 pm on the 20th, there was a magnitude 6.9 earthquake with an epicenter at a depth of 59 km off the coast of Miyagi prefecture.
In this earthquake, shaking with a seismic intensity of 5 or higher was observed in Miyagi-ku, Sendai City, Ishinomaki City, Iwanuma City, Tome City, Higashi Matsushima City, Osaki City, Zao Town, Matsushima Town, and Wakuya Town Misato Town in Miyagi Prefecture. ..
In addition, we observed shaking with a seismic intensity of less than 5 in various places in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures, and also observed shaking with a seismic intensity of 4 to 1 in a wide range from Hokkaido to Shiga prefecture.
In the quake, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning on the coast of Miyagi prefecture, but it was lifted about an hour and a half later.
In the vicinity of the epicenter of this earthquake, there have been a series of earthquakes since then.
Also, on the 21st, it will rain more heavily on the Pacific side of Tohoku, and there is a risk of heavy rain in some places.
For this reason, the Japan Meteorological Agency calls for attention to earthquakes with a maximum seismic intensity of 5 or higher for the next week or so, and also to be aware of sediment-related disasters because the ground may be loose in areas with strong shaking. I am.