Strong Earthquake Buries Homes in Hokkaido Japan

[Stuart G]

Source: CNN

Tokyo (CNN) — Landslides resulting from a preliminary magnitude 6.7 earthquake early Thursday on Japan's Hokkaido island buried a "large" number of homes at the foot of a ridge, public broadcaster NHK reported.

At least three people were injured, officials said. Rescue teams were mobilized.

The earthquake was followed by a 5.4 aftershock, NHK said, citing the Japan Meteorological Agency. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake registered at 6.6.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/05/world/japan-earthquake/index.html

[AllaN01Bear]

1. usgs info at link

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000h8ty#executive

[elmac]

2. it was a deep quake

which should have kept it from being more destructive.

[Baclava]

3. One killed, 32 missing after 6.7 magnitude earthquake hits Japan's Hokkaido island

At least one person was killed and 32 were missing, Japanese media reported, after a powerful earthquake paralysed the northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents.

Public broadcaster NHK reported the first confirmed fatality and said 120 people had also been injured after the 6.7-magnitude quake.





https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN1LL2UE

[truthisfreedom]

4. How horrible!

[Leghorn21]

5. Some aerial footage:

Aerial video shows a landslide burying homes in Hokkaido after a strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the northern Japan island 🎥: @nhk_news

Link to tweet

Complete devastation in a matter of seconds
Poor poor people, it’s too much

[nitpicker]

6. Link to DW

https://www.dw.com/en/earthquake-paralyzes-japans-northern-island-of-hokkaido/a-45378478

[Judi Lynn]

7. So sad. Awful news. Pictures contributed to this thread were very helpful. n/t