Jul

25

Quake in Northern Japan Injures

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After quake, rescue team searched for injured people. The earthquake in northern Japan that left more than 100 people injured, some of them seriously.

The 6.8 Richter-scale quake struck just after midnight on the mountainous northern tip of Japan’s main island of Honshu, shattering windows and triggering landslides that blocked key roads on the Pacific coast.

According to latest report, near about 110 people were injured. Police said that 15 of them were in serious condition, some having broken bones as the quake threw them to the ground.

Military helicopters scoured the region famed for its blueberry fields and hot-spring resorts to find if anyone was trapped, but low visibility and light rain hampered the operations.

Kenji Sasaki, a disaster official said, “I’ve never felt such a big earthquake before in my life,”

He said, “I was asleep when I felt the jolt but for its entire duration I couldn’t move,”

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda also said he was startled by the quake, which was so powerful that it shook buildings in the capital some 500 kilometres to the south.

Fukuda said, “I was just about to fall asleep. I think everyone else was alarmed as well,”

He added, “As a nation we will promptly take appropriate measures,”

“However, it appears that the area is now foggy so it’s difficult to assess the situation by helicopters.



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