Tokyo-a strong earthquake of 6.7 degrees on the open Richter scale today shook the Japanese island of Hokkaido (North) and caused landslides, which have gone at least one score of per SONAS, among other damage. Read also: magnitude 6.6 earthquake shakes Northern JapanThe earthquake was recorded at the 3.08 (18.08 GMT Wednesday) local time and had its epicenter about 40 kilometers deep in the East of the town of Atsuma, reported the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
【ニュース特設:北海道 震度6強】NTT東日本は、北海道内にあるおよそ5800台の公衆電話すべてを無料で使えるようにしているということです。 ライフラインや生活・支援など関する情報は特設ページで速報しています。 https://t.co/RbMjcXHyt0 pic.twitter.com/nhSPjkuCFe— NHKニュース (@nhk_news) September 6, 2018 earthquake reached the level of upper 6 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 (focused on measuring the shaking of the Earth’s surface) in the city of open and the level 6 in Chitose, Southeast of Sapporo.Lee also: the incredible rescue of thousands of people after the powerful Typhoon JebiNumerosas homes were buried in Atsuma and open to collapse to the ground in mountain areas, has caused a twenty of people remain missing, local officials said.
A police officer controlling traffic during a power failure after the strong earthquake, in Sapporo. Photo: AP at least 87 people were injured in the city of Sapporo, the largest in Hokkaido, according to collect agency Kyodo.ademas, the central Tomari nuclear power plant saw interrupted its external power supply, so its power system was activated from emergency to keep refrigerated spent Atomic fuel that is stored in pools. The Japanese nuclear regulator said that no abnormality in radiation levels around the plant, who was off-duty at the time of the earthquake has not been detected.
Video: Aim the destruction that left the powerful Typhoon Jebi in Japan the earthquake also caused road cuts, suspension of Shinkansen (high-speed) railway services connecting Hokkaido to the main island of the Japanese archipelago and the closure of the nu Evo airport of Chitose.Asimismo, three million homes were left without power in Hokkaido as a result of the earthquake.
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