Σάββατο 16 Απριλίου 2016

Least nine dead and 760 injured by the new earthquake in Japan

Least nine dead and 760 injured by the new earthquake in Japan


At least nine people died and 760 were injured as a result of new powerful earthquake that struck the island of Kyushu in Japan, which had already been hit by an earthquake Thursday, reported the Japanese public television NHK.

Earlier the Kyodo news agency had broadcast that the record of the earthquake was dead three people, adding that over 470 people have been evacuated to hospitals.

Under Kionto least 200,000 homes have been left without electricity in Kumamoto Prefecture, which was hit by the new vibration.

In the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake epicenter was a region one kilometers from the capital of the prefecture at short focal depth of 10 km and had a magnitude of 7.0 degrees. The Japanese meteorological and seismological service made the assessment that the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3 degrees.

The earthquake Thursday, magnitude 6.5 degrees, killed at least nine people, while 760 others have been evacuated to hospitals. Vibration followed by dozens of aftershocks.

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