The earthquake shook in Tokyo

A strong 5.7-magnitude earthquake occurred in Japan on February 25, causing buildings in Tokyo to shake, but not with a tsunami warning.

NHK TV said Tokyo buildings shook for about half a minute. However, there is no abnormality at nuclear power plants near the epicenter north of Tokyo.

The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake at 16:23 (14:23 Hanoi time) at a depth of 9 km underground and at a location 57 km east of Maebashi east northeast and 143 km west of Tokyo. north.

The image shows the earthquakes in two
Recent days in Japan. (Graphic: Myforecast)

Takayuki Fukuda, a firefighter in Tochigi Prefecture, Tokyo, near the epicenter, told AFP by phone that the earthquake rocked the city."The vibration continues for about 10 seconds. The objects on the bookshelves do not fall and the window glass is not broken. There are no reports of fire, but we are preparing to patrol the city." , he said.

Fukuda also said that according to preliminary reports, a wall in the city collapsed, injuring some people. Some trains had to be postponed but were restored soon after.

Japan often suffers from strong earthquakes that make this water infrastructure designed to withstand vibrations, thus limiting losses compared to less developed countries.

However, the magnitude 9 earthquake that struck the ocean on March 11, 2011 caused a tsunami wave to attack the northeastern coast of the country, devastating coastal cities and working near 19,000 people were killed.

The earthquake also led to the world's worst nuclear disaster since the Chernobyl incident in 1986, when tsunami columns knocked down the cooling system at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The catastrophe affected the people's belief in nuclear power plants, which produce nearly one-third of Japan's electricity.