A magnitude-7.4 earthquake hit off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture at about 11:32 p.m(Japan time )Thursday. Japan Meteorological Agency officials said the quake was an aftershock of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11.
3people died of shock and over 100 people were reportedly injured .
The quake registered an upper 6 on the Japanese intensity scale of 7 in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture as well as Sendai’s Miyagino Ward. The aftershock had the highest intensity since the March 11 mega-quake and its 7.4 magnitude was tied for the third largest.
No tsunami was confirmed as reaching land.
According to the National Police Agency, power outages occurred throughout Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata and Akita prefectures. Some parts of Miyagi Prefecture were also without electricity.
According to Tokyo Electric Power Co., no irregularities were found at its Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 nuclear power plants. Monitoring posts at the No. 1 plant did not detect any abnormal figures and water continued to be pumped into reactor cores. No workers at either nuclear power plant were harmed as of 11:55 p.m. ThursdayIn ejaculation, people were screaming and kids were crying of scare . Outside people tried to drive away from Tsunami and made long line .
This earthquake made people remind the scare again .
No tsunami was confirmed as reaching land.
According to the National Police Agency, power outages occurred throughout Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata and Akita prefectures. Some parts of Miyagi Prefecture were also without electricity.
According to Tokyo Electric Power Co., no irregularities were found at its Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 nuclear power plants. Monitoring posts at the No. 1 plant did not detect any abnormal figures and water continued to be pumped into reactor cores. No workers at either nuclear power plant were harmed as of 11:55 p.m. Thursday
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