Shallow 6.6 quake on Hokkaido, Japan

Big earthquake hits Japan, sparking landslides

A powerful typhoon killed 10 people in Japan and an airport company transferred some 3000 stranded passengers by boats from a flooded airport, the Japanese government says.

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6 November, 2018

People are missing, buildings have collapsed, and roads have buckled amid widespread landslides sparked by a strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake that has struck the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

The quake struck 27 kilometres east of Tomakomai at a depth of 33.4km at 3.07am (6.07am NZT). No tsunami warning was issued from the inland quake.

The shaking continued for at least 30 seconds, witnesses said. The quake was followed by three aftershocks, measuring up to magnitude 4.8.

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At least 20 people were missing and 48 injured, Japan's national broadcaster NHK said.

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There were reports of at least one person was found without vital signs, with people trapped in elevators, buildings and houses following the tremors.

Soil oversaturated by recent heavy rains had caused widespread landslips during the M6.6 quake, covering many houses and blocking roads.

Hundreds of rescuers from fire departments were combing many areas for survivors and further people who could be trapped.

A woman covers her face as she takes shelter on a road in Sapporo city following the strong earthquake.

Around 2.95 million households in regional capital Sapporo were without power.

Walls had collapsed at New Chitose airport - the country's fifth busiest for passengers - and all flights were cancelled. All Shinkansen bullet train services in the area were suspended, as were Sapporo subway services.

Shaking from the quake early Thursday morning measured an "upper 6" on the Japanese quake intensity scale of 7 in Abira in western Hokkaido.

That was the strongest shaking felt in Japan since powerful quakes struck Kumamoto, in southern Japan, in 2016.

There was no impact from the earthquake to Hokkaido Electric Power Co's Tomari nuclear plant, which has been offline since 2012, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters.

NHK later reported that external power to the plant had been cut off, but emergency generators were working and there was no impact on the storage of the plant's nuclear fuel.

Two other nuclear power plants in northern Japan, Tohoku Electric Power Co's Higashi-dori, which is also offline, and the under-construction Oma plant, were also unaffected, NHK said.

Earlier in the week, a powerful typhoon struck western Japan around Osaka, killing at least 10 people.

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