The services of the "Shinkansen" bullet train in Japan, and Tokyo's two airports have been temporarily paralyzed after the quake of 8.9 magnitude on the Richter scale has shaken the country's northeast. According to the local agency Kyodo, Narita International Airport has suspended its activity while reviewing possible damage to the tracks and Haneda, closer to the center, has also closed.
The network of Shinkansen, connecting the major cities, has been suspended affected areas, while the Japanese authorities have sent an Air Force plane to assess the damage caused by the quake. Two nuclear plants in the eastern province of Fukushima, the Pacific coast, are also crippled by the quake, which triggered alarms in much of the territory of Japan, including Tokyo.
The NHK television showed columns of smoke rising from buildings on the island of Odaiba, located in the Bay of Japan's capital, while in the city of Yokohama has been declared also several fires, according to Kyodo. The quake's epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean, 130 kilometers from the Ojika peninsula and a depth of six miles, where two days ago there was another earthquake of 7.3 magnitude open Richter did not cause damage.
The quake occurred at 14.46 hours local (05.46 GMT) and reached a maximum of 7 degrees on the Japanese scale, which focuses on the affected areas rather than the intensity of the tremor. With information from El Universal 
The network of Shinkansen, connecting the major cities, has been suspended affected areas, while the Japanese authorities have sent an Air Force plane to assess the damage caused by the quake. Two nuclear plants in the eastern province of Fukushima, the Pacific coast, are also crippled by the quake, which triggered alarms in much of the territory of Japan, including Tokyo.
The NHK television showed columns of smoke rising from buildings on the island of Odaiba, located in the Bay of Japan's capital, while in the city of Yokohama has been declared also several fires, according to Kyodo. The quake's epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean, 130 kilometers from the Ojika peninsula and a depth of six miles, where two days ago there was another earthquake of 7.3 magnitude open Richter did not cause damage.
The quake occurred at 14.46 hours local (05.46 GMT) and reached a maximum of 7 degrees on the Japanese scale, which focuses on the affected areas rather than the intensity of the tremor. With information from El Universal
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