Tsunami Hit Japanese Coast

Berita Kocar Kacir on

Friday, December 7, 2012

TOKYO - The tsunami as high as one meter finally hit the northeastern coast. Formerly Japan's meteorological agency warned that a tsunami would hit after Japan was rocked by a magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale (SR).

Tsunami waves were reportedly hit Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. This area is one of the areas worst hit due to the devastating earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011 kitschy, which killed tens of thousands of residents.

Parties Japan's meteorological agency had previously asked residents to immediately evacuate to a plateau, after shock earthquake struck the northeast coast of the State Sakura.

Previous 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit Japan at approximately 245 kilometers southeast Kaimashi. While the depth of the earthquake reached 36 kilometers. Quake rattles Tokyo reportedly felt up. So reported the Yomiuri Shimbun, Friday (07/12/2012).

No casualties or damage was reported due to this earthquake. But strong earthquake shocks made ​​people panic in Miyagi Prefecture. They thought back to SR 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck on March 11, 2011.

At that time, the earthquake caused approximately 18,600 lives of Japanese people dead or missing. The quake also caused a nuclear crisis, due to leakage of nuclear power plants after the Fukushima Daiichi by the tsunami that reached 10 meters.

For the latest earthquake, reported no disturbance from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Since the crisis that occurred last March 2011, nuclear power was not turned on again by the Japanese Government. (Faj)

Labels: Asia, Japanese, News, Tokyo, Tsunami

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