TOKYO (AP) — Earthquakes early Monday once more struck Japan’s north-central area of Ishikawa, nonetheless recovering from the destruction left by a robust quake on Jan. 1, however the newest shaking brought on no main harm.
A magnitude 5.9 temblor on the northern prime of the Noto Peninsula was adopted minutes later by a 4.8 after which a number of smaller quakes throughout the subsequent two hours, the Japan Meteorological Company mentioned. There was no tsunami.
5 homes that had been broken within the Jan. 1 quake collapsed in Wajiima metropolis, however no main harm or life-threatening accidents had been reported, in accordance with Ishikawa prefecture. A quake alarm within the city of Tsubata, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of the epicenter, shocked a resident in her 60s who fell from her mattress however the harm was not life-threatening, prefectural officers mentioned.
JMA seismology and tsunami official Satoshi Harada mentioned Monday’s quakes had been believed to be aftershocks of the magnitude 7.6 earthquake on Jan. 1. Seismic exercise has since barely subsided, however Harada urged folks to be cautious, particularly close to buildings that had been broken earlier.
Shinkansen super-express trains and different practice providers had been briefly suspended for security checks however most of them resumed, in accordance with West Japan Railway Co.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority mentioned no abnormalities had been discovered at two close by nuclear energy crops. Certainly one of them, the Shika plant on the Noto Peninsula, had minor harm, although officers mentioned that didn’t have an effect on cooling capabilities of the 2 reactors.
Hokuriku Electrical Energy Co. mentioned there have been no energy outages.
Monday’s rattlings rekindled concern amongst residents who’re nonetheless struggling to get well from damages from the New Yr’s quake. NHK public tv confirmed various individuals who got here out of their houses and short-term shelters to see if there have been further harm.
“Many individuals who’ve been residing at evacuation facilities will need to have been been frightened,” Chief Cupboard Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi mentioned, urging warning in opposition to potential falling rocks and landslides in areas that had been shaken strongly.
Reconstruction comes slowly in mountainous areas on the peninsula, and lots of broken homes stay untouched.
In Wajima, which was one of many hardest-hit areas, an inn operator informed NHK that he instantly ducked below the desk on the reception when the primary quake struck Monday. Nothing fell to the ground or broke, nevertheless it reminded him of the January shakings and made him fear {that a} large quake like that had occurred even 5 months later.
The Jan. 1 quake killed 260 folks, together with those that later died on account of stress, sicknesses and different causes linked to the quake, with three others nonetheless lacking, in accordance with the FDMA. Damages nonetheless stay, and greater than 3,300 residents stay evacuated.
