China News Service, September 6. In the early morning of the 6th local time, an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale occurred in Hokkaido, Japan. According to the Hokkaido police and others, large-scale disasters such as landslides and house collapses occurred in Atsuma

China News Service, September 6. According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency, in the early morning of the 6th local time, an earthquake measuring 26.7 on the Richter scale (Strong 6 by Japanese standards) occurred in Hokkaido, . According to the Hokkaido police and others, large-scale disasters such as landslides and house collapses occurred in Atsuma Town and Anping Town. According to statistics from the Hokkaido government and Kyodo News, 120 people were injured and 32 missing.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the central and eastern part of the Danzhen area with a depth of 37 kilometers. The magnitude of the earthquake was estimated to be 6.7 on the Richter scale. Aftershocks continued to occur thereafter, but no tsunami occurred. The Japan Meteorological Agency said it is necessary to pay attention to an earthquake with a magnitude of 6 in about a week.

According to reports, a total of 120 people were injured in the six cities of Sapporo , Chitose, Tomakomai, Eniwa, Hakodate, Ishikari, and the towns of Hidaka and Atsuma. The police said that 32 people were missing in Atsuma Town where the landslide occurred. All thermal power stations in Hokkaido are out of operation, and 2.95 million households across the territory are without power.

html In the early morning of September 6, a strong earthquake of magnitude 6.7 occurred in Hokkaido, Japan. This earthquake did not trigger a tsunami.

The governor of Hokkaido requested the Self-Defense Forces for disaster dispatch. The Japanese government has set up a countermeasures room in the crisis management center of the Prime Minister's official residence. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the media: "We will put human life first in disaster emergency response measures."

reported that this is the first earthquake with magnitude 6 in Hokkaido since the seismic intensity scale was revised in 1996, and it is also the first earthquake in Japan. Following the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, another earthquake with magnitude 6 or above occurred.

After the earthquake, the external power supply of the Hokkaido Electric Power Company's Tomari Nuclear Power Plant in Tomari Village, Hokkaido, failed. There is no nuclear fuel in the reactors of units 1 to 3, and the spent fuel pool continues to be cooled through emergency power supply. Hokkaido Electric Power said there were no abnormalities. It is said that there are no problems at the Tohoku Electric Power Company's Higashikata Nuclear Power Plant in Higashikata Village, Aomori Prefecture.

A fire broke out at the oil complex facility in Muroran City, Hokkaido, but it has been basically extinguished. Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said that due to falling ceilings and power outages, New Chitose Airport is expected to be closed all day on September 6.