One person was killed in a strong earthquake on the west coast of Japan on Friday. The elderly man fell from a ladder in Suzu City due to the tremors. Twelve other people suffered minor injuries, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported.
The national weather authority provisionally gave the strength at 6.5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of twelve kilometers. No tsunami warning had been issued, it said. Some buildings in the worst-hit Ishikawa prefecture have collapsed. There was also traffic disruption. There were long queues at the Kanazawa City Railway Station due to train breakdowns and delays.
Strict building regulations
The earthquake in the Ishikawa region (central Japan) fell during the so-called “Golden Week”, a national holiday in which millions of Japanese people usually travel. Earthquakes are not uncommon in Japan because the country sits on what is known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates collide. The country has strict building regulations.
In 2011, the tsunami and the Fukushima reactor disaster shook the whole world. About 18,500 people died in the tsunami or are still missing.
Source: Krone
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