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Japan's government updates on quake impact

17 March 2022
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2022-03-17 15:07

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan, knocking out power and killing four people.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary, HirokazuMatsunosaid a Tohoku Shinkansenbullet train partially derailed between Fukushima and Miyagi due to the quake, but nobody was injured.  A small tsunami reached shore, but the low-risk advisory was lifted by Thursday morning.

As a result,at least 107 injuries are also reported of the quake.The region is part of northern Japan that was devastated by a deadly 9.0 quake and tsunami 11 years ago. Matsuno said no abnormalities were reported in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant and Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant.

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