Thursday, April 7, 2011

EARTHQUAKE: Tsunami warning lifted in north-eastern Japan

Tsunami alerts issued for the coast north-eastern Japan were lifted, reported Friday morning (Japan time) the public television station NHK.

The review was launched after a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck on Thursday north-east, threatening the coasts of the region, which is located including the plant in Fukushima-Daiichi ucléaire.

The epicenter of the quake at a magnitude of 7.4, was located 66 km off the coast of Sendai and Fukushima 116 km.

The earthquake and tsunami of March 11 were 28.000 dead or missing and severely damaged the plant in Fukushima-Daiichi, where workers work tirelessly
for four weeks to try to cool the fuel rods and avoid a meltdown of the reactor could cause a major nuclear disaster.