90:% of the world’s earthquakes occur along the “Ring of Fire.” Image: Gringer via Wikimedia While people in Japan are used to earthquakes and live in buildings built to combat them, there is always the fear of how powerful the next one will be. Japan is located on three tectonic plates referred to as the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic and volcanic activity that stretches 24,000 miles (40,000 kilometers) across the Pacific basin. The airport eventually reopened on April 13 with Japan Airlines and ANA conducting flights to Tokyo and Osaka. For many people, it brought back chilling memories of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, with The Japan Times quoting a report from Japan’s public broadcaster NHK.Ī Peach A320 diverted to Niigata Airport (KIJ). ID2rpLLQpbĪs a stark reminder and the reason why Japanese authorities always take seismic events seriously, today’s quake comes days after the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that killed over 15,000 people. Peach flight MM422 from Naha Airport (OKA) on the island of Okinawa diverted to Niigata Airport (KIJ) on the Sea of Japanįlights bound for Sendai Airport are diverting after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in the Sendai area.Skymark Airlines flight number BC156 from Kobe Airport (UKB) did a U-turn and returned to Kobe.ANA flight number NH737 from Osaka Kansai International Airport (KIX) diverted to Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND).The Tohoku Shinkansen and other rail lines suspended service until 22:00 while aircraft on route to Sendai Airport (SDJ) were diverted to the following airports as a safety precaution:
Aircraft traveling to Sendai Airport (SDJ) were forced to divert to other airports. The tsunami warning for the area was lifted at 19:30, with people advised to stay away from the waterfront. As a precaution, 6,911 residents of the town of Watari were evacuated.
The quake struck at a depth of 59 kilometers and was felt 300 kilometers away in Tokyo, where it registered 3.0 on the Richter scale. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Saturday at 18:09, disrupting aviation and causing a tsunami advisory for the Miyagi Prefecture.
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