[The Epoch Times, April 17, 2024](Comprehensive report by Epoch Times reporter Xia Yu) The Japan Meteorological Agency stated that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 occurred in the waters of Shikoku Island in southern Japan on the evening of Wednesday (April 17), but no announcement was made. Tsunami warning.
According to reports from Reuters and Japan’s Kyodo News Agency, the Japan Meteorological Agency stated that the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the “Bungo Channel”, a strait connecting the two major islands of Shikoku and Kyushu in southern Japan, with a focal depth of 50 kilometers.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said that an earthquake with a magnitude of 6 weak (Japanese standard) was observed in Ehime and Kochi prefectures in Japan. A magnitude 5 earthquake was also observed in Oita Prefecture. Earthquake magnitude in Japan ranges from 1 to 7.
Local media reported that some water pipes burst, but no major damage was reported.
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters that a reactor at Shikoku Electric Power’s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture is operating and that no abnormalities have been reported at the plant.
Lin Fangzheng said that the relevant casualties and property losses are currently being confirmed. He also warned that other earthquakes below magnitude 6 may occur in Japan.
Kyushu Electric Power said there were no abnormalities at the Kawawa Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida issued instructions requiring local governments to cooperate closely, and the government to unite and make every effort to take disaster emergency measures such as rescuing victims.
Japan is one of the most seismically active regions in the world, and earthquakes are common. Japan’s earthquakes account for about one-fifth of the world’s earthquakes above magnitude 6.
On March 11, 2011, the strongest magnitude 9 earthquake in Japan’s recorded history occurred off the northeastern coast of Japan and triggered a tsunami. That earthquake triggered the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl a quarter century ago.
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