Friday, April 8, 2011

Two killed, 132 injured quake leaves Japan today

.- At least two people were killed and 132 injured in the earthquake of 7.4 magnitude on the Richter scale that rocked northeast coast, local agency Kyodo reported. The quake occurred at 23:32 local time Thursday (1432 GMT) with epicenter at 40 kilometers deep and the same distance from the coast of Miyagi province, hardest hit by the tsunami and the March 11, more seven thousand 700 people.

The Japanese authorities have warned that the new quake, which reached an intensity of 6 on the Japanese scale closed a maximum of 7 can cause new replicas, so people have asked to be prepared to this contingency. The two victims of the earthquake was recorded in Ishinomaki, a city in Miyagi province virtually swept by the tsunami of 11 March and Obanazawa, in the province of Yamagata.

The earthquake caused, in addition, at least 132 injured, fires and gas leaks, according to local police and firefighters Miyagi, quoted by Kyodo as well as closing the province's highways and rail services in the area. More than 3.5 million homes were left without power in six provinces, some of the hardest hit by the earthquake of 9 degrees on March 11 and the devastating tsunami it generated.

Yesterday's was a replica of greater intensity of this terrible earthquake, which killed at least 12 000 690 14 000 dead and 736 missing, according to police last count. At first, Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami alert was finally lifted this morning, barely an hour and a half later, no damage was reported.

Nuclear Security Agency of Japan said the new quake caused no major damage this Japanese nuclear power plants or the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which for nearly a month is leaking radioactive.

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