Japan earthquake: landslide traps residents in homes

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6 confined the inhabitants at home, as landslides shielded the building and swallowed the building and caused a heavy blackout in Hokkaido in northern Japan on Thursday morning.

Landslides along the long ridge of Atsumi's rural town can be seen in the aerial image of NHK Public Broadcasting Station. About ten people were hospitalized due to injuries, one of them said to have been seriously injured. The Japanese media said that two people died and 32 people were missing, but there is no official report on death.

The Meteorological Agency stated that the earthquake that occurred at 8 am local time does not cause the danger of the tsunami. The US Geological Survey said that it attacked 68 kilometers southeast of Sapporo, the major city of Hokkaido.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters that his government had set up a command center to coordinate rescue and rescue. He said that it is a top priority to save lives.

Immediately after the 2011 earthquake, after the power outage, the night nuclear power plant was stopped by the emergency reserve power supply. According to Hokkaido Electric Power operator Hokkaido Electric Power Co., the agency has not reported any abnormalities, and the fuel rods were safely cooled in the pool. The Nuclear Regulatory Authority stated that diesel generators have enough fuel to use for seven days.

After the first earthquake, the Meteorological Agency reported a series of smaller vibrations including the size of 4. At a press conference in the morning, Mr. Toshiyuki Matsumori warned the inhabitants of a big aftershock in the next few days.

Mr. Kazuo Kinbayashi, a 51-year-old town executive in the town of Avila, where the damage was great, said:

"I think that there are two waves.I am 51 years old.I have never experienced such a thing.I thought that my house would collapse.'I have time to start cleaning ' He said.

Japan is located on the arc of the "circle of fire" of volcanoes and trenches that partly surround the Pacific basin and has experienced about 20% of the world earthquake of magnitude 6 or higher.

On 11th March 2011, Japan's strongest magnitude 0 earthquake struck the sea near the city in the northern part of Sendai. The earthquake caused a series of large-scale tsunamis, destroyed the wide range of the coastline in the Pacific, and about 20,000 people died.

The tsunami also destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and caused a series of 25 years of explosion and collapse with the world's worst nuclear disaster.

Saturday was the 95th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake, the number of earthquakes was nine, and more than 140,000 people lost their lives in the Tokyo area. Seismologists say that such another earthquake can hit the city at any time.

The earthquake occurred in Fukuoka Prefecture at 10:53 on March 20 and lasted about 50 seconds. Earthquakes occurred in the Genkai Sea in the northern part of Fukuoka City, which had not been known so far, due to the collapse of houses and landslides, residents of Gengen Island were forced to evacuate. After the earthquake survey, it was judged that this new fault is likely to be an extension to the center of the known Kego fault. At 11:46 on August 16th (UTC time 02: 46), a strong earthquake struck the east coast of Benshun Island in Japan, causing the occurrence of casualties, building collapse and blackout. The earthquake began on Tuesday, 16th August 2005, affected the northeastern coast of Japan. It caused a tsunami warning and the building shook 200 miles outside Tokyo. The first estimate was 8. The US Geological Survey later evaluated it 2

The 2011 East Japan great earthquake and tsunami introduced the 2011 Tohoku Region Pacific Offshore Earthquake (Japan: "East Japan great earthquake" is a 0 level (Mw) massive earthquake on the Japanese coast). This is one of the five major earthquakes in the world since the much stronger earthquake hit Japan on Friday and the 1900 modern record. In addition, the lost earthquake ... There is a Sichuan earthquake. The size of the earthquake is 8, the place where the earthquake occurred, the capital city is in the western part of China, the capital city is Chengdu surrounded by the Sichuan basin, Sichuan Tibetan mastiff autonomous prefecture, 80 km northwest of Chengdu It is 19 kilometers , On May 12, 2008, the earthquake