Two earthquakes in Japan, killing 27 people – BBC Russian

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The number of victims of the two earthquakes in Japan has increased to 27 people, several hundred were injured.

The second earthquake occurred on Saturday night. Its magnitude was 7.3, the focus was at a depth of 10 kilometers. The first earthquake of magnitude 6.5 occurred on Thursday. Then killed nine people.

Authorities Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, where most strongly felt aftershocks, according to the devastation of damaged roads and power lines, local hospital had been evacuated because of the danger of collapse.

In the city of Yatsushiro fires broke out in many cities there were a power failure.

In the region arrived more rescue teams and military units who are looking under the rubble of buildings people and help those left without shelter.

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Image caption People left their homes for fear that they may fail

There have also been many reports of people blocked under the debris of buildings, including several dozen residents of homes for the elderly in Machico.

It was announced a warning about the possibility of a tsunami, which was removed after 50 minutes.

According to the TV channel the NHK, in the village of Nishihara collapsed dam.

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Image caption Many people were under the rubble

At the same time, local authorities say none of the nuclear power companies are not affected.

thousands of people fled their homes, fearing that they could collapse. They remain on the streets and in parks, sheltered from the cold with blankets, correspondent Bi-bi-si.

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Image caption As a result of the earthquake, many houses were heavily damaged

a new earthquake occurred a little over a day after being in the same area as a result of aftershocks of magnitude 6.4 killed at least nine people

Japan -. one of the most earthquake-prone countries

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March 11, 2011 in the north-eastern coast of Japan, an earthquake of magnitude 9 points that caused the tsunami.

lost almost 15 thousand a result of this natural disaster, more than 2,500 are still listed in the the list of the missing.

One of the most serious consequences of the earthquake and tsunami is a series of accidents at nuclear power plants “Fukushima-1″.

The explosions caused by a failure in the cooling system, damaging four of six reactors. Within a radius of 20 km from the nuclear power plant has been established exclusion zone.