JAPAN: Volunteers helping in clean-up efforts in earthquake and tsunami ravaged area of Ishinomaki evacuate to higher ground after a tsunami warning is issued after latest quake

Record ID: 463563

  • Title: JAPAN: Volunteers helping in clean-up efforts in earthquake and tsunami ravaged area of Ishinomaki evacuate to higher ground after a tsunami warning is issued after latest quake
  • Date: 11th July 2011
  • Summary: ISHINOMAKI, JAPAN (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (JULY 10, 2011) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF CITY VOLUNTEER LISTENING TO TSUNAMI WARNINGS BEING BROADCAST GENERAL VIEW OF CITY WITH TSUNAMI WARNING BEING BROADCAST VOLUNTEERS LISTENING TO RADIO REPORTS VOLUNTEER TAKING PHOTO VOLUNTEERS LOOKING OUT WINDOW GENERAL VIEW OF ROAD
  • Embargoed: 26th July 2011 13:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: Japan, Japan
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes,Environment / Natural World
  • Reuters ID: LVA2MEEC5CPXWX9OL3AB99UI88WM
  • Story Text: A strong earthquake jolted northeastern Japan on Sunday (July 10), sending volunteers to higher ground after an alert for a half-metre tsunami was issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
    A group of volunteers helping in clean-up efforts in the quake and tsunami ravaged area of Ishinomaki, in Miyagi prefecture, listened intently to radio reports after finding shelter in a 4th floor building.
    The quake monitoring agency said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0 and occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) off the northeastern coast.
    The tsunami alert was lifted two hours after the quake struck.
    There were no reports of damage from the earthquake, which triggered an evacuation of some workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and a 10 cm (4 inch) tsunami, NHK said.
    The same area was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that left at least 21,000 people dead and missing. The March disaster cut power to the Fukushima power plant and triggered a radiation crisis.
    Tokyo Electric said it would be monitoring a massive barge moored just offshore from the Fukushima nuclear power plant that has been used as a temporary storage depot for radiated water for any damage.
    The U.S. Geological Survey initially estimated the quake's magnitude of 7.3, but then revised that estimate down to a magnitude 7.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register