Strong earthquake hits northern Japan

(Bloomberg) – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued from the inland quake.

Power outages, at least 1 fatality reported

National broadcaster NHK showed areas of the regional capital Sapporo without power, and reported that one person had been found without vital signs.

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Shaking from the quake measured an “upper 6” on the Japanese quake intensity scale of 7 in Abira in western Hokkaido. That’s the strongest shaking felt in Japan since powerful temblors struck Kumamoto, in southern Japan, in 2016.

Nuclear plants appear to be unaffected

There was no impact from the earthquake to Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Tomari nuclear plant, which has been offline since 2012, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters. NHK later reported that external power to the plant had been cut off, but emergency generators were working and there was no impact on the storage of the plant’s nuclear fuel.

Two other nuclear power plants in northern Japan, Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s Higashi-dori, which is also offline, and the under-construction Oma plant, were also unaffected, NHK said.

Earlier in the week, a powerful typhoon struck western Japan around Osaka, killing at least 10 people. The region’s main airport, Kansai International Airport, has remained closed after the storm flooded its runways and a tanker smashed into the road and rail bridge connecting the airport to the mainland.

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