Residents were advised to stay away from the coast
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.6 was recorded at 11:00 (local time; 05:00 Greek time) in the sea area 550 kilometers south of Tokyo, near the island of Torishima, at a depth of ten kilometers, according to the first assessment by the Japan Meteorological and Seismological Service, resulting in an emergency tsunami warning of 1 meter for the Izu Islands and 0.2 meters for the Pacific-washed mainland of Japan and the Ogasaura Islands.
Residents were advised to stay away from the coast.
No damage has been reported so far.
Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world.
The quake came on the day the second phase of dumping treated radioactive water from Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea began.
The Fukushima Daiichi plant was destroyed by the tsunami that triggered a massive 9.0-9.1 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific on March 11, 2011. That earthquake was the strongest ever recorded in Japan’s history and the fourth strongest ever recorded at the time. of modern seismography, since 1900.
Source :Skai
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