The earthquake has caused extensive damage to shopping malls, industrial establishments, roads, bridges and historical structures.TAG_OPEN_div_46 Thousands of homes were without power and rescue and relief efforts were intensifying, officials said Wednesday.
The quake struck at 4:27 p.m. local time (04:27 p.m. local time) on the Sindo scale in Japan.TAG_OPEN_div_44 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) put the magnitude of the quake at 6.5 degrees Celsius. The depth of the epicenter was 10 kilometers with a magnitude of 8, while Japanese officials put it at 7.5 kilometers. It is said to be an earthquake of magnitude 1.
Japan’s authorities said they were still confirming whether all the deaths were directly caused by the quake.TAG_OPEN_div_42 According to preliminary reports, seven people were seriously injured and others are undergoing treatment.
According to the local administration, eight people have been rescued from the mall.TAG_OPEN_div_38 Five of them were injured. Initial estimates put it at least 20 to 30 people trapped inside the building, but police said the actual number was lower. Although it has been confirmed that some workers are still trapped inside the building, the rescue team has not been able to make a safe entry point.
Nippon Paper Industries’ factory in Yatsushiro was also badly damaged.TAG_OPEN_div_36 A portion of the factory’s smoke engine collapsed, and the condition of the nine workers was still unknown, the local government said.
{{TAG_OPEN_div_34} Fires, buildings collapsed, roads cracked, bridges damaged and freight trains overturned in the Kumamoto region due to the earthquake. A portion of a pedestrian bridge collapsed and fell into the river, officials said. Kumamoto Airport resumed after being closed for several hours, while the Shinkansen high-speed train service was temporarily suspended. Many roads are still closed.
As of Wednesday morning, power supply was disrupted to 36,880 households and other structures in the Kumamoto area.TAG_OPEN_div_32 Japan’s defence ministry has deployed 3,600 troops for disaster management and rescue operations. A total of 20 military aircraft have been deployed for aerial assessment of the damage, the ministry said.
Chiharu Hara, 35, who was working at the Kumamoto-based office during the quake, said she feared the building would collapse as the office shook so fast.TAG_OPEN_div_30 According to him, all the employees in the office were terrified.
Video verified by AFP shows heavy vehicles, traffic lights and street lights shaking violently.TAG_OPEN_div_28 Vehicles were plying cautiously as the road was cracked in some places. Security camera footage showed parts of the walls of the historic Kumamoto Palace collapsing.
Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, located in the Ring of Fire region of the Pacific Ocean.TAG_OPEN_div_26 The country is at the confluence of four major tectonic plates and is prone to hundreds of earthquakes every year. According to scientists, about 18 percent of earthquakes in the world occur in the vicinity of Japan.
In 2011, a devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami killed about 18,500 people.TAG_OPEN_div_24 The disaster caused a serious accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
After the merger of the ministry in Bagmati, the responsibility of the province secretary has been fixed
LPG will be sold from these five places in Kathmandu today, citizenship or national identity card mandatory
Monsoon active across the country, heavy rain forecast in some states
What is the exchange rate of foreign currency today?
NIC Asia Bank Earns Profit Of Rs 18.17 Crore
‘It is possible to give power trading licenses to private sector only through existing laws’
प्रतिक्रिया दिनुहोस्