Tokyo [Japan], June 28 (ANI): A robust earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off the coast of Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan early Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) stated, including that there is no such thing as a danger of a tsunami from the quake.
According to the JMA, the earthquake occurred at 5:21 am (native time) at a depth of 41 kilometres.
The quake registered a most seismic depth of decrease 5 (5-) on Japan’s seismic depth scale in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, and Fudai Village, Iwate Prefecture. Tremors ranging in depth from 4 to 1 had been felt throughout areas extending from Hokkaido to the Kanto-Koshin area.
The company stated the earthquake was brought on by a reverse fault with a strain axis operating within the west-northwest to east-southeast route.
As of seven:00 am (native time), no extra earthquakes with a seismic depth of 1 or larger had been recorded following the occasion.
The JMA famous that the earthquake occurred in the identical space because the June 25 offshore Iwate earthquake, which recorded a most seismic depth of 6+.
Authorities warned that areas affected by the June 25 quake ought to stay alert for earthquakes of as much as seismic depth 6+ for a few week from the sooner occasion.
The company additionally cautioned that areas which skilled sturdy shaking could face an elevated danger of rockfalls and landslides, urging residents to stay vigilant for additional seismic exercise. It additional clarified that the earthquake doesn’t meet the standards for issuing a warning relating to a subsequent earthquake off the coast of Hokkaido and the Sanriku area.
Reacting to the earthquake, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated in a submit on X that there was no concern of a tsunami and was persevering with its response by means of the disaster administration workplace established on the Prime Minister’s Office following the June 25 earthquake.
Takaichi stated she had instructed officers to evaluate the injury, present well timed and correct data to the general public, and take all essential response measures.
‘There isn’t any concern for a tsunami,’ the submit learn. ‘In this area, earthquakes have been persevering with, and on the twenty fifth, an earthquake with a most seismic depth of 6-upper occurred. As the federal government, we’re persevering with to deal with the scenario by means of the disaster administration workplace established on the Prime Minister’s Office the opposite day, and I’ve as soon as once more issued directions for greedy the injury scenario, offering well timed and correct data to the general public, and different measures,’ she added.
Acknowledging that residents within the affected area have been going through a sequence of earthquakes in latest days, she urged them to stay vigilant and proceed taking precautions of their every day lives. (ANI)