A 69 magnitude earthquake shook off the coast of the Ogasawara group of islands, about a thousand kilometers south of Tokyoin the Pacific Ocean, where it was felt strongly, but it did not activate the tsunami warning nor have any damages resulting from it been recorded for the moment.
The earthquake took place at 5:35 p.m. local time this Saturday (8:35 GMT) and had its epicenter 540 kilometers deep off the coast of the Osagawara archipelago, south of the Japanese capital, according to the Meteorological Agency. of Japan (JMA).
The tremor reached level 3 on the Japanese seismic scale (7 levels and focused on measuring surface agitation and potential damage) on this group of islands.
Japan settles on the call Ring of Fireone of the most active seismic zones in the world, and suffers earthquakes relatively frequently, so its infrastructure is specially designed to withstand tremors.
More earthquakes in April for Japan
At least seven people were slightly injured after he earthquake of magnitude 6.6 recorded late on Thursday, April 18 in western Japan, which has also caused some damage due to landslides and left broken pipes.
The injuries, aged between 20 and 90, occurred mainly in falls, including a woman in her sixties who broke her finger after falling down the stairs in the city of Toon, Ehime prefecture, one of the cities that recorded the highest intensity. , according to the balance collected this Thursday by the public broadcaster NHK.
In the town of Sukumo, in neighboring Kochi prefecture, There were multiple reports of damage to homes, such as fallen tiles, broken windows or cracksand there was a temporary water outage, now resolved, although 30 queries have been received about broken pipes, leaks and cloudy tap water, in addition to a dozen reports of fallen streetlights or cut or unhooked power lines.
