Japan Lifts Tsunami Warnings
- Kyodo News via AP
Medical staff at another hospital in Wajima have been treating patients in a parking area. Reports of damage continue to come in.
In the neighboring prefecture of Toyama, police in the city of Himi say that they have received reports of cracks in roads at several locations. A city official in Oyabe received several reports of broken water pipes. Officials in Ishikawa's Nomi City say that at one point about 100 people were taking shelter in city hall.
Hokuriku Electric Power Company says it has shut down two generators at its Nanao Ota thermal power plant in Nanao City in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Officials remarked tens of thousands of households in Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama prefectures are without power. East Japan Railway Company says operations of the Akita Shinkansen line were suspended at around 5 p.m. local time.Â
The Hokuriku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen lines have also partially halted service and will suspend some trains for the rest of the day. It is not known whether service will resume on Tuesday on the two lines.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority says a blast and the smell of something burning were observed at the Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture.
The operator says functions using the transformer are currently unavailable. But the plant operator says that the two nuclear reactors at the plant can function properly using alternative systems.
Gempa M 7,8 Guncang Kamchatka Rusia Picu Peringatan Tsunami di Alaska
Gempa berkekuatan magnitudo (M) 7,8 dengan pusat gempa berada 128 kilometer sebelah timur Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky pada kedalaman 10 kilometer.
