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Tokyo: that Earthquake A 6.5 magnitude hit on Friday JapanAuthorities in the western prefecture of Ishikawa, where media reported, said some buildings had collapsed while people were injured.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told an emergency news conference that one person was in cardiac arrest after the quake, but gave no further details.
Matsuno added that no abnormalities have been reported at the Shika Nuclear Power Plant in the area, or at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in neighboring Niigata Prefecture.
Japan’s meteorological authorities revised the quake’s intensity to 6.5 from an initial 6.3, and warned of aftershocks, although it did not cause any. Tsunami warning.
“Large earthquakes may occur, especially in the next three days,” said an official at the Meteorological Agency, adding that the quake was followed by tremors.
He urged residents of the quake-stricken areas to monitor for about a week in case of further events with a seismic intensity of 6 or higher on the Japanese scale, which reaches 7.
Matsuno said the government has set up an earthquake response center headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
“Prime Minister Kishida has ordered us to do everything we can for relief and rescue,” he added.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told an emergency news conference that one person was in cardiac arrest after the quake, but gave no further details.
Matsuno added that no abnormalities have been reported at the Shika Nuclear Power Plant in the area, or at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in neighboring Niigata Prefecture.
Japan’s meteorological authorities revised the quake’s intensity to 6.5 from an initial 6.3, and warned of aftershocks, although it did not cause any. Tsunami warning.
“Large earthquakes may occur, especially in the next three days,” said an official at the Meteorological Agency, adding that the quake was followed by tremors.
He urged residents of the quake-stricken areas to monitor for about a week in case of further events with a seismic intensity of 6 or higher on the Japanese scale, which reaches 7.
Matsuno said the government has set up an earthquake response center headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
“Prime Minister Kishida has ordered us to do everything we can for relief and rescue,” he added.
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