M6.6 hit Miyagi offshore / Scale 5+ observed

At 6:13 of 5/13/2015 (JST), a major earthquake hit Miyagi offshore. Magnitude was 6.6.

The maximum seismic intensity was 5+. Scale 2 was observed in greater Tokyo area as well.

No aftershocks occurred for some reason but Japan Meteorological Agency has not made any official announcement.

Additionally Tepco announced there is no abnormality reported at Fukushima plant.

 

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20150513061945395-130613.html

http://weathernews.jp/quake/

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/quake_local_index.html

http://www.tepco.co.jp/index-j.html

 

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Français :

Séisme M6,6 au large de Miyagi : Échelle 5+

 

Un séisme majeur a frappé au large de Miyagi le 13 mai 2015 à 6:13 (JST). Sa magnitude a été de 6,6.

Son intensité sismique maximale a été de 5+. Une échelle de 2 a aussi été observée dans la région du grand Tokyo.
Il n’y a pas eu de réplique et la Japan Meteorological Agency n’a pas fait de communiqué officiel.
En outre, Tepco déclare qu’il n’y a pas d’anomalie constatée dans la centrale de Fukushima.

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20150513061945395-130613.html
http://weathernews.jp/quake/
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/quake_local_index.html
http://www.tepco.co.jp/index-j.html

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This website updates the latest news about the Fukushima nuclear plant and also archives the past news from 2011. Because it's always updated and added live, articles, categories and the tags are not necessarily fitted in the latest format.
I am the writer of this website. About page remains in 2014. This is because my memory about 311 was clearer than now, 2023, and I think it can have a historical value. Now I'm living in Romania with 3 cats as an independent data scientist.
Actually, nothing has progressed in the plant since 2011. We still don't even know what is going on inside. They must keep cooling the crippled reactors by water, but additionally groundwater keeps flowing into the reactor buildings from the broken parts. This is why highly contaminated water is always produced more than it can circulate. Tepco is planning to officially discharge this water to the Pacific but Tritium is still remaining in it. They dilute this with seawater so that it is legally safe, but scientifically the same amount of radioactive tritium is contained. They say it is safe to discharge, but none of them have drunk it.

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