NHK Releases Video of Tokyo 5.3 Magnitude Quake 9/11/15
Published on Sep 11, 2015
Earthquake hits Tokyo and surrounding areas
Japan Sep. 11, 2015 - Updated 18:01 UTC-4
An earthquake has shaken Tokyo and surrounding areas.
The Meteorological Agency says a quake with an estimated magnitude of 5.3 occurred at around 5:49 AM Japan Time on Saturday.
The agency says the focus of the quake was 70 kilometers deep in Tokyo Bay.
It registered intensities of 5 minus on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7 in Chofu City in Tokyo and 4 in some areas in Tokyo as well as Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa prefectures.
Agency officials say there is no possibility of a tsunami.
Japan Sep. 11, 2015 - Updated 18:01 UTC-4
An earthquake has shaken Tokyo and surrounding areas.
The Meteorological Agency says a quake with an estimated magnitude of 5.3 occurred at around 5:49 AM Japan Time on Saturday.
The agency says the focus of the quake was 70 kilometers deep in Tokyo Bay.
It registered intensities of 5 minus on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7 in Chofu City in Tokyo and 4 in some areas in Tokyo as well as Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa prefectures.
Agency officials say there is no possibility of a tsunami.
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Fukushima & Floods 9/13/15: 15 Missing In Floods - Advanced Planning of Radioactive Water Spills?
Published on Sep 13, 2015
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Searches continue for 15 missing in flood
Japan Sep. 12, 2015 - Updated 19:43 UTC-4
Around 1,800 police officers, firefighters and self-Defense Force personnel are taking part in searches for people missing in a flood-hit city to the northeast of Tokyo on Sunday.
Wide areas of Joso City in Ibaraki Prefecture have been inundated since the dykes of the Kinugawa River broke on Thursday.
The search for 15 people who remain missing was suspended late Saturday night and resumed on Sunday.
Officials say helicopters were deployed at the break of dawn for an aerial search. Rescue workers are also entering houses in the area to look for survivors.
Firefighters have resumed work to rescue people stranded in parts of the city where the water has not yet receded.
Local weather station officials say rain is expected in some parts of Ibaraki Prefecture on Sunday afternoon.
Authorities will keep close watch on the water levels of the Kinugawa River as they conduct the search.
The heavy rains also hit nearby Miyagi and Tochigi prefectures leaving 5 people dead.
Weather officials forecast heavy rain with thunder in some parts of the wider region from Sunday afternoon to evening as the rain front advances.
They urge people to be on alert against further flooding and landslides as water levels remain high and the ground is loose.
Evacuation order issued too late
Japan Sep. 12, 2015 - Updated 21:12 UTC-4
Officials of flood-hit Joso City, northeast of Tokyo, failed to issue evacuation orders to some residents for more than 2 hours after the riverbank collapsed.
Municipal authorities in the Ibaraki Prefecture city ordered residents of the Misakamachi area to evacuate at 10:30AM on Thursday as the water level of the Kinugawa River rose.
At 12:50PM, the dyke broke and the whole of Misakamachi was inundated.
But it was not until 2:55PM -- 2 hours after the river overflowed -- that officials gave the evacuation order to 1,182 people of 382 households in the area.
Most of their houses were damaged in the flooding.
City officials say they issued evacuation orders to certain areas that reported rising water. They say they became overwhelmed dealing with flooding upstream and could not issue orders to other areas.
A similar story was reported in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
City officials failed to inform residents early Friday morning when the Shibui River broke its banks. City authorities had told people to prepare for evacuation, but they did not issue evacuation advisory. They later said they wanted to be careful as evacuation in the dark can be dangerous.
Some residents told NHK they would rather have known as soon as the levee broke, and received evacuation instructions.
Heavy rain leaves 5 dead, 29 injured
Japan Sep. 13, 2015 - Updated 01:10 UTC-4
Heavy rains have left 5 people dead in eastern and northeastern Japan.
The National Police Agency says a man was found dead in a submerged car in Tochigi city on Sunday. This brought the number of deaths in Tochigi Prefecture to 3. Another 2 people died in Miyagi Prefecture.
In Ibaraki Prefecture, 9 people were injured, some seriously. A total of 29 people have been hurt across 10 prefectures.
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