Earthquake occurrence in M7.4 in Fukushima Prefecture, tsunami warning issuance with height 3 m



An earthquake hit by Fukushima Prefecture occurred around 5:59 on November 22, 2016. The magnitude was 7.4 (originally published 7.3), the intensity of the earthquake was recorded at a level of less than 5 in Fukushima, Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures. A tsunami warning is issued in Fukushima Prefecture, and a height of 3 m is expected. The arrival time is expected to be 6:10, but the tsunami may come later than expected. Also, please be careful as there are many waves to come.

Japan Meteorological Agency | Earthquake Information
http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/quake/20161122060518495-220559.html


November 22, 2016 off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture - Earthquake Information | NHK
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/sokuho/jishin/index.html?id=JSA0161122055652_20161122060530

News simultaneous availability | NHK News
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/live/

The epicenter of the earthquake was off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture and the depth was 25 km (initially announced 10 km). Iwaki City, Shirakawa City, Sukagawa City, Minamisoma City, Kunimi Town, Kagami Town, Tenei Village, Izumizaki Village, Nakajimura, Asakawa Town, Hirono Town, Naraha Town, Futaba Town, Nagao Town, Ibaraki Prefecture Takahagi City , Otawara City, Tochigi Prefecture, recorded a little less than 5 seismic intensity.


In addition, tsunami warnings and tsunami warnings were issued as follows.

【Tsunami warning】
Fukushima Prefecture Height 3 m 6: 10 min

【Tsunami warning】
Miyagi ken Height 1 m 6: 20 min
Ibaraki Prefecture Height 1 m 6: 20 min
Iwate Prefecture Height 1 m 6:30 min
Kujukuri, Chiba ku, · outer cloak 1 m 6:30 min

As time and height are forecasts, people in the coastal area should evacuate to the hill now.

In NHK, the telop of "quickly!" And "evacuate immediately!" Was displayed.



According to Tohoku Electric Power, Onagawa Nuclear Power Station has not been damaged at the moment so far.

According to Tokyo Electric Power Company, there is no change to the water injection situation and monitoring post of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and the facilities are not damaged at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station.

According to the Japan Nuclear Power Electric Generator, Tokai No. 2 Power Plant is shut down, there is no abnormality due to this earthquake and the value of the monitoring post is not changed.

2016/11/22 06: 41
A tsunami was observed at 20 km off Iwaki Fukushima Prefecture.


2016/11/22 06: 57
At the Onahama port in Iwaki City, it is a state that the waves strongly draw from the picture.


At 6:49 a tidal wave of 60 cm was observed at Onahama Port.


2016/11/22 07: 44
The tsunamis observed from 6 o'clock to 7:45 pm are arranged in chronological order as follows.
6:49 Onahama Port 60 cm
7: 03 Katsuura 30 cm
7: 06 Soma Port 90 cm
7: 08 Funato Port 30 cm
7: 08 Oarai Port 50 cm
7: 13 Tateyama 30 cm
7:15 Kamaishi Port 20 cm
7:19 Miyako Port 20 cm
7: 20 Ishinomaki Ayukawa 30 cm (rising)
7: 22 Hachijojima Yae roots 30 cm
7:25 Sendai port 80 cm
7:37 Kuji Port 80 cm
7: 39 Ishinomaki Ayukawa 80 cm (rising)

Also, according to Fukushima Prefecture, he received a report saying that he was observing a 1 m tsunami at the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

2016/11/22 07: 53
At Fukushima Daii Nuclear Power Plant, the spent fuel pool cooling device of Unit 3 is stopped. According to the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, there is no leakage of cooling water and it is said that there is no problem with cooling in the water in the existing pool at the moment. As of 7:50 am, preparations for restarting the pump are in progress.

In the coastline image taken by the Ground Self Defense Force over the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, it can be seen that the wave is getting on, but it is unknown whether it is a tsunami.


2016/11/22 07: 59
It was 7:47 am that the pump of the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant Unit 3 fuel pool was restarted and the cooling of the fuel was resumed. The details of the cause of stopping is unknown.

According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, Iwaki City is congested with cars evacuated from Onahama port towards inland.


The situation has also been reported overseas.

7.3-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan - CNN.com
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/21/asia/japan-earthquake/index.html


Earthquake sparks Japan tsunami warning - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38059371


2016/11/22 08: 10
The Japan Meteorological Agency conducted a press conference. The earthquake occurred at 5:59, and the magnitude was corrected from the preliminary report value of 7.3 to 7.4. The epicenter is 25 km off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture (provisional).

A tsunami warning was also issued in Miyagi Prefecture.


2016/11/22 08: 17
The tsunami observation information as of 8:15 am is as follows.
6:49 Onahama Port 60 cm
7: 03 Katsuura 30 cm
7: 06 Soma Port 90 cm
7: 08 Oarai Port 50 cm
7: 13 Tateyama 30 cm
7:15 Kamaishi Port 20 cm
7: 22 Hachijojima Yae roots 30 cm
7: 39 Ishinomaki Ayukawa 80 cm
7:54 Kuji Port 80 cm (rising)
7: 56 Ounato Port 40 cm (rising)
8: 03 Sendai Port 1 m 40 cm (rising)
8: 09 Miyako Port 40 cm (rising)
8:11 Ishinomaki Port 80 cm

Pokémon GO (Pokémon GO) as part of reconstruction assistanceLaplace becomes easy to appear in the coastal areas of the three Tohoku prefectures such as Ishinomaki-shi, MiyagiAlthough we were carrying out the event, we are tweeting to be suspended for the time being.


2016/11/22 08: 39
According to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's interview, the stop of the cooling system at the Fukushima Dai 2 Nuclear Power Plant was stopped because the water level of the spent fuel pool was shaken due to the earthquake and the water level was declared. I checked that there was really no abnormality and said it was a process of rebooting.

2016/11/22 08: 47
In the JR East / Tohoku area, driving disturbance and delay are occurring on many routes.


The bullet train is running while the Yamagata bullet train is out of operation, although there is a delay. In addition to this, the Tokaido Shinkansen also resumes operation at 6:18.


2016/11/22 09: 41
At the Sando River running through Tagajo City, it was confirmed that the tsunami went up the river.


In TBS, videos from different viewers are released. A man who took a picture he noticed the flow of the river which was different from usual, while taking a walk of a dog, he took a picture.

River flows backward in Miyagi · Taga castle city, viewers shoot News i - TBS video news site
http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye2921118.html


2016/11/22 09: 47
The tsunami warnings that had been in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures have been changed to tsunami warnings. In addition, the tsunami warning report on Aomori Prefecture Pacific coast, Chuo Kujukuri · outer bunker, Chiba prefecture inner chamber, Izu Islands was lifted.

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