Strong Earthquake rocks Ishikawa
An earthquake registering an upper 6 on the Japan Meteorological Agency’s 7-point scale shook the Noto district of Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast on Friday afternoon. No tsunami warning was issued.
Another earthquake with an intensity of 4 on the scale was observed in Suzu in the prefecture, 11 minutes after the first earthquake.
The government has set up a response office in the crisis management centre of the Prime Minister’s Office in response to the earthquake. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed the relevant ministries and agencies to immediately assess the damage, save lives and rescue victims, and provide appropriate information to the public.
According to the Nuclear Regulation Authority, no abnormalities have been confirmed at the Shika Nuclear Power Plant in the prefecture and the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in nearby Niigata Prefecture.
