There was an earthquake of intensity 7 in the Tohoku region

At around  at 2:46 pm, there was an earthquake of intensity 7 in the Tohoku regionAccording to the Meteorological Agency seismic intensity 7 Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, southern six strong, central, intermediate street Fukushima, Beach Street, Ibaraki Prefecture, northern, southern, northern Tochigi Prefecture, southern part.

Intensity 6 lower, south coast of Iwate Prefecture, northern Mediterranean, southern Mediterranean, Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, southern Gunma Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, southern, northwestern Chiba Prefecture.

Epicenter off the coast of Sanriku, the focal depth of about 10 kilometers, the scale of the earthquake was magnitude 7.9 (estimated).

Tsunami warning Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Hokkaido Pacific Ocean tsunami warning, the Pacific coast in Aomori Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Boso Kuzyuukuri, Izu Islands was issued, respectively.

According to JR East, the Shinkansen bullet train and its operation has been postponed everything. The company "to resume operation will take considerable time" trying to. According to JR Tokai, the Tokaido Shinkansen in Tokyo - are driving the whole line between Hakata postponed. Tokyo - Shizuoka that between the lights.

According to the Tokyo Metro subway company has postponed the operation at 2:00 pm every 48 minutes.

Source :
http://www.asahi.com

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