Three people including a child were killed in a powerful earthquake in Japan. About 200 people were injured. Today's earthquake hit the city of Osaka in the western part of Japan. But no tsunami alert was issued.
The country's state media told NHK, the city was badly damaged in the earthquake. Electricity connections in the factory closed in the earthquake. In addition, the main water connection was exploded. About 1, 70 thousand buildings have become displaced.
According to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude of the earthquake on the Richter scale was 5. The depth was 15 kilometers. But Japan's Meteorological Agency initially reported the magnitude 5 to 9. Then it is corrected to say 6.
Local police say that among the dead, there is a girl of nine years. During the earthquake, the child was walking in his primary school. If the wall broke down on him, he died. NHK says the 80-year-old man was killed after the wall broke. Apart from this, another person was buried under his bookshelf under his home.
After the earthquake, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the media, "The government is working together. First priority is to protect people's lives.
It is said in the country's media that it is not very intense in the city-centric city. A video of NHK can be seen, a fire in a house. The house was burnt. In addition to the other media, it is seen that the bottom pipe bursts going down the road. It is reported in the report that many local buildings have broken glass and concrete walls collapsed. The train and subway communications system in Osaka was closed in the earthquake incident.
In an interview given to ABC News, a witness said, "The floor of the house was tremendously trembling. All the dishes in the house are broken down on the floor. My parents are completely in the dark. There is no water in their home. I'm going to get them out there. '
A person named Aji Shibuya said that the earthquake reminded him of an earthquake in 1995. Six thousand people were killed in that incident.
The Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the country says there was no problem with local nuclear power plants, but some companies, including Honda, shut down operations in their local plants.
Tsunamis are followed by a horrific earthquake in Japan in March 2011. There it is a huge loss. A nuclear power plant was destroyed in Fukushima. At this time more than 18,000 people died in the tsunami.
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