According to the official measurement of the China Earthquake Network, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in the southeast sea of Honshu, Japan at 14:22 Beijing time on October 5 (15:22 local time on October 5), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers and an epicenter at 29.85 degrees north latitude and 139.95 degrees east longitude.
Basic background
Surrounding cities: There are no large and medium-sized cities within 200 kilometers of the epicenter.
Epicenter terrain: The average altitude within 5 km of the epicenter is about -2597 meters.
Earlier, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the southeast coast of Honshu, Japan
According to the official Weibo news of the National Earthquake Network on the 5th, the China Earthquake Network officially measured that a 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in the southeast sea area of Honshu, Japan (29.90 degrees north latitude, 140.05 degrees east longitude) at 10:00 on October 05, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
Earthquake off the Izu Islands in Japan
A tsunami with a height of about 1 meter was triggered
According to CCTV news client quoted by the Japan Meteorological Agency on October 5, local time, the tsunami caused by the earthquake in the sea near the Izu Islands has gradually reached the nearby coast.
The tsunami height was observed to be about 1 meter in the waters near the Izu Islands, and about 30 cm near Hachijojima Island, and tsunami heights are still being observed in other places, and no casualties have been reported.
According to Weibo @CCTV International News, previously, the Japan Meteorological Agency once issued a tsunami warning, and the tsunami warning has been canceled.
A little more news
According to CCTV news client news, at about 10:30 local time on October 5, the second round of discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant of Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company began.
According to TEPCO's previously announced plan, the total amount of nuclear contaminated water planned to be discharged into the sea in the second round is about 7,800 tons, and the discharge cycle is expected to be 17 days.
Source: China News Service (CNS1952) Comprehensive China Earthquake Network WeChat public account, National Earthquake Network official Weibo, CCTV news client, previously reported