Satu gempa bumi kuat 7.3 skala ritcher telah melanda timur laut Jepun lewat Sabtu, lapor NHK News. Kejadian yang berlaku pada 11.07 pm waktu tempatan (10.07 pm waktu Malaysia) itu dilaporkan berpusat di 73.9 kilometer timur laut Namie, sebuah bandar pesisir 60 batu dari Fukushima, menurut Kajian Geologi Amerika Syarikat. Gempa dipercayai berlaku pada kedalaman 55 kilometer.
Sekurang-kurangnya 80 mangsa direkodkan cedera di wilayah Miyagi dan Fukushima akibat gempa tersebut. Impak gegaran telah menyebabkan hampir 900,000 rumah terputus bekalan elektrik selain menyebabkan kebocoran bekalan air di stesen kereta api Fukushima.
Namun, tiada amaran tsunami dikeluarkan manakala loji kuasa nuklear dipercayai tidak mengalami sebarang permasalahan.
Menurut CNN, Agensi Meteorologi Jepun menganggap kejadian itu sebagai gempa susulan selepas fenomena gempa bumi kuat yang melanda lokasi sama pada 11 Mac 2011. Gempa bumi dengan kekuatan 9 skala ritcher itu telah menyebabkan 100,000 orang hilang tempat tinggal apabila loji nuklear di sana melepaskan bahan radioaktif manakala lebih 20,000 dilaporkan maut atau hilang dalam gempa serta tsunami.
Tokyo & Fukushima shaken hard as powerful 7+ earthquake strikes off Japan’s east coast
pic.twitter.com/xvqLYmDJi9— Real Estate (Naqvi Associates) (@RealEstateSA_PK) February 13, 2021
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit an area in Fukushima, Japan on the night of Feb 13th. This was terrifying.
Please stay safe! 🙏#東日本大震災pic.twitter.com/iHp8ffmVwX— 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐞 🏝️🐯🐱 (@meowthxxiv) February 13, 2021
本能的に地震の瞬間撮影してた。
福島県郡山市 郡山駅前 ビル3階 pic.twitter.com/HzVVe9iEVo
— ヤスヤ (@YSY_KD) February 13, 2021
Powerful #Earthquake Strikes #Japan
The epicenter of the quake was off the coast of #Fukushima Prefecture, the site of a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 that killed thousands and caused meltdowns at a nuclear plant.— World eNews (@socialbook1) February 13, 2021
The earthquake in Japan is upgraded from 7.1 to 7.3. Magnitude.
Nationwide 950,000 homes were without power due to power plants going offline.
No abnormalities have been found at the Fukushima 1 & 2 nuclear plants.
祈り 🙏🏻#earthquake #fukushima #Japanpic.twitter.com/heqZ6KSKFu— ∼Marietta (@MariettaDaviz) February 13, 2021
Video taken inside Fukushima city’s main train station, shows water leaking through overhead light fixtures after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit.
The earthquake raised fears for the Fukushima nuclear power plant, but “no abnormalities” were found according to Tepco pic.twitter.com/Z4knEOJt5A
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) February 13, 2021
Watch: Video shows a hotel room shaking during an #earthquake in #Japan’s #Fukushima. The earthquake hit at 11:08 p.m. local time (1408 GMT) and shook buildings in the capital Tokyo.https://t.co/ap2c96PDCi pic.twitter.com/lDLviezYSW
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) February 13, 2021
The #EarthquakeInJapan – footage from #Fukushima#Japan #earthquake
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Imagine what the residents must have undergone. pic.twitter.com/a5R0Y4p1Ip
— Siddharth Zarabi (@szarabi) February 13, 2021
I live 300km far away from Fukushima and felt the earthquake a few minutes ago. Hope everyone safe in Japan #japan #earthquake pic.twitter.com/0yMMkoasOb
— Eee (@raina248) February 13, 2021
