M7.2 Quake Injures 10 in Northeastern Japan as Bullet Trains Resume and Schools Close
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Updated · Kyodo News Plus · Jun 25
M7.2 Quake Injures 10 in Northeastern Japan as Bullet Trains Resume and Schools Close
3 articles · Updated · Kyodo News Plus · Jun 25
Summary
More than 10 people were injured after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Iwate Prefecture at 7:30 a.m., with the most serious case a woman in her 60s who hit her head in her garden.
Upper-6 shaking hit Hashikami and lower-6 hit Hachinohe, a level the weather agency says can make standing impossible, and it warned similarly strong aftershocks could occur over the next week.
No tsunami threat was issued, and the agency said the quake did not meet criteria for a subsequent-earthquake advisory tied to the Japan and Chishima trenches.
Tohoku Shinkansen service between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori was halted but fully resumed by 2 p.m., while all five schools in Hashikami and all 65 in Hachinohe temporarily closed.
Operators reported no abnormalities at Higashidori, Onagawa, Fukushima Daiichi or Daini, or at Aomori's spent-fuel facilities, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government assessed the impact.