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A earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hit the coast this Friday in the province of Fukushima and other areas of the northeast Japanwithout Japanese authorities issuing a warning of tsunamialthough it forced the temporary suspension of the discharge of treated water from the plant. Fukushima Daiichi.
The earthquake occurred at 00:14 local time (15:14 GMT) on Friday, with its epicenter off the coast of the prefecture of Fukushima and about 50 kilometers deep under the sea.
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He earthquake achieved in that prefecture in the northeast of Japan the upper level 5 of the Japanese scale, with a maximum of 7 and focused on measuring the agitation on the surface and in the affected areas, rather than the intensity of the shivering.
In other areas of northeastern and eastern Japan, including parts of Japan prefectures, Miyagi, Ibaraki, Tochigithe earthquake reached level 4, according to data from the Japanese Meteorological Agency.
The earthquake was also felt strongly in Tokyowhere level 2 on the Japanese scale was recorded.
Tepcothe company operating the damaged plant Fukushima Daiichisaid that the earthquake forced the suspension of the current batch of dumping of radioactive and treated water into the sea, and the current phase of which began on February 28th.
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The earthquake did not have a significant impact on Tokai Nuclear Power Plant No. 2 in Ibaraki Prefecture or at the nuclear power plant in Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, its operators said.
To date, no property damage or injuries caused by the tremor have been reported.
Japan resolves the call Fire ringone of the most active seismic zones in the world, and suffers earthquakes relatively frequently, which is why its infrastructure is specially designed to resist tremors.
Source: Elcomercio
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