A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Japan early Thursday morning. The quake struck the northern island of Hokkaido and triggered landslides throughout.
According to BBC News, at least eight people have reportedly been killed and around 40 are missing. Additionally, the quake damaged a thermal power plant leaving about three million homes without power.
The tremor struck around 3:00 am and its epicenter was about 62km (39 miles) south-east of the regional capital Sapporo.
Many took to social media to voice their experience. One Twitter user said, “Scary wake up call this morning. Was woken up by my phone blaring “earthquake” just moments before my apartment started shaking. #北海道地震#hokkaido #japan #earthquake”
Scary wake up call this morning.
Was woken up by my phone blaring “earthquake” just moments before my apartment started shaking.#北海道地震 #hokkaido #japan #earthquake pic.twitter.com/0p413L7cDL
— Jan (@j_burza) September 5, 2018
Another Twitter user said, “My friends. We just had a major #earthquakehere in Japan. #Hokkaido. #Sapporo. We are in the dark, but otherwise fine. Omg! It was humongous. No information on magnitude. Internet still works for now.”
My friends. We just had a major #earthquake here in Japan. #Hokkaido. #Sapporo. We are in the dark, but otherwise fine. Omg! It was humongous. No information on…
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