The earthquake was registered by the Japanese meteorological agency, with the municipality of Ishikawa suffering the greatest impact, around 6:42 am in mainland Portugal.
The Ishikawa prefecture, about 500 km from Tokyo, registered an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on the scale on Friday. glow (the detection system of the Japan Meteorological Agency) and a depth of 10 kilometers. The impact of the phenomenon occurred around 06:42 (continental Portugal time). EITHER replica It had a magnitude of 4.
According to the Japan Times newspaper, there is no danger of a tsunami, although the waves of the sea can register elevations of less than 20 centimeters.
magnitude 6.3 #earthquake took place off the west coast of #Honshu, #Japan at 05:42 UTC.
The depth was 10 km. pic.twitter.com/D8atVfKL6h— Saikiran Kannan |赛基兰坎南 (@saikirankannan) May 5, 2023
The earthquake caused the suspension of some train lines, including the Hokuriku Shinkansen, between Nagano and Kanazawa stations. The CGTN reported that no victims or damages were reported.
The shindo scale (it can go from 0 to 7, and from 6 it is difficult to stand up during the impact) is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake in a certain place, that is, what people feel during the impact impact The Richter scale measures the magnitude, that is, the energy that an earthquake releases at its epicenter.
Source: Observadora
