The Fukushima Prefecture in Japan.
In the night on March 16, 2022, a 7.4-magnitude quake hit off the coast of Fukushima. It derailed a bullet train, opened cracks in the highways, and threw products from the shelves in shops.
Many smaller quakes continued through Thursday morning resurrecting memories of the 9.1 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that resulted in a nuclear disaster in the same area on March 11, 2011.
A tsunami warning for waves up to 3 feet in parts of northeast Japan was lifted in the early hours of Thursday after authorities recorded water levels higher than normal in some of the coastal areas.
Compared to the devastation in 2011, the damage appeared comparatively minor. Preventative construction in Japan protects against devastating frequent earthquakes, and there were no abnormalities at the nuclear power plants.
To date, 4 deaths and more than 100 injuries have been reported, but investigations are still under way.
The quake struck at a depth of 37 miles around 11.30 PM, after a 6.1-magnitude quake first struck minutes earlier in the same area.
