Strong
earthquake M 6.0 struck near crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant
4
August, 2013
A
strong earthquake registered as M 6.0 (JMA) on Richter scale struck
northeastern Japan on August 4, 2013 at 03:28 UTC. JMA reported depth
of 50 km. This earthquake was 41 km away from March 11, 2011
devastating M 9.0 "Tohoku earthquake" and about 109 km away
from crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.
There
was no risk of a tsunami, JMA said.
Operator
of crippled nuclear power plant Fukushima Dai-ichi said no problems
were reported there or at another one of its nuclear plants in
Fukushima..
USGS
measured magnitude 5.8 earthquake and depth of 46 km.
Fukushima-Diary
reported yesterday that unusual number of the earthquakes are
occurring in the region. 18 quakes hit Fukushima and also 18 quakes
hit Iwaraki only within a day.
Following
a major earthquake on March 11, 2011, a 15-meter tsunami disabled the
power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Dai-ichi reactors (Unit
1-3). All three cores largely melted in the first three days. Unit 4
became a problem in next 5 days.
5.7
earthquake – Vancouver Island
Magnitude
mb 5.7
RegionVANCOUVER
ISLAND, CANADA REGION
Date
time2013-08-04 13:22:29.0
UTCLocation49.88
N ; 127.02 W
Depth10
km
Distances3811
km NW of Ottawa, Canada / pop: 812,129 / local time: 09:22:29.0
2013-08-04
311
km NW of Victoria, Canada / pop: 289,625 / local time: 06:22:29.0
2013-08-04
114
km NW of Tofino, Canada / pop: 1,655 / local time: 06:22:29.0
2013-08-04
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