Around 10:31 am on the 20th, there was an earthquake in the Noto region of Ishikawa prefecture that observed shaking with a seismic intensity of 5 or higher.



Hokuriku Electric Power Co., Inc. is checking whether the Shika Nuclear Power Station in Shika Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, which observed the shaking of seismic intensity 2 due to this earthquake, will be affected by the earthquake.

In addition, TEPCO is currently confirming whether there are any abnormalities due to the earthquake at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in Kashiwazaki City and Kariwa Village, Niigata Prefecture, where the shaking of seismic intensity 2 was observed in this earthquake.