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There was a 7.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan

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Around 3.30 pm Italian time (11.30 pm local time) there was a 7.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan. The earthquake was recorded about 57 kilometers off the coast of the city of Namie, which is located in the province of Fukushima, and at a depth of about 60 kilometers.

The earthquake lasted more than two minutes and was also felt in Tokyo, which is located about 250 kilometers south of Fukushima. On 11 March 2011 the same area was affected by the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Japan (of magnitude 9.1) which caused a tsunami.

In the Kanto region, which includes Tokyo, power outages have been reported in more than 2 million homes, while rail connections have been temporarily suspended in the capital’s metropolitan area. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said self-defense forces – the name by which the Japanese military is known – have been mobilized to inspect the damage found in the worst-hit area of ​​the country, about which there is little news for now.

In the meantime, the Japanese meteorological agency has issued a tsunami warning for the prefectures of Fukushima and Miyagi (located north of that of Fukushima), anticipating that waves more than a meter high could arrive on the coasts.

In 1995 in the Kobe area, in southwestern Japan, there was an earthquake of the same intensity as the one recorded today which caused the deaths of more than 6 thousand people and the equivalent of over 100 billion dolars in damage.