Very Strong Shallow Earthquake In Sado Fukin Region, Honshu, Japan

Disaster Report: Very Strong Earthquake in Sado Fukin Region (Niigata), Honshu, Japan. The epicenter Close To Sad0 Island.

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UPDATE After 4 hours of Quake
-No abnormalities at nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture
-No damage reported. The epicenter was in the Sea of Japan off Niigata Prefecture

UPDATE
- NO DAMAGE REPORTED. NO TSUNAMI ALERT

UPDATE
Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station lies just 39 km far from the epicenter.     Niigata Airport is 56 km far

UPDATE
Niigata is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It lies on the northwest coast of Honshu, the largest island of Japan, and faces the Sea of Japan and Sado Island. In 1983-05-26, earthquake around the very region took 104 lives

UPDATE
JMA mentions M 5.7 @ 10 km depth in Sado Fukin Region. Max. JMA intensity 5+ for Niigata (Sado-shi Aikawa-sanchome and Sado-shi Kawaharada-hommachi). The city of Niigata is now the largest Japanese city facing the Sea of Japan.
On October 23, 2004, the Chūetsu earthquake struck Niigata Prefecture and was measured at Shindo 6+ at Ojiya

M 5.6 very strong earthquake near the west Coast of Honshu, Japan (Sado Island) today with epicenter located 40 km SW Ryotsu (@ 10 km depth). About 2,000 people will have felt very strong shaking of MMI VI. People of Ryotsu, Yoshida, Tsubame, Nagaoka and Sanjo will have felt moderate shaking of MMI V. Light shaking will have experienced in Maki, Niigata and Toyama region
12:01 UTC (local time Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 09:01 PM @ epicenter)
Epicenter Location
84 km W of Niigata, Honshu, Japan
132 km  N of Nagano, Honshu, Japan
148 km NNE of Toyama, Honshu, Japan
280 km  NNW of TOKYO, Japan

Tags: earthquake 2012/02/08, earthquake honshu, Honshu, japan, Niigata earthquake, niigata japan earthquake, Sado Fukin earthquake, earthquake Japan 2-8-2012