a magnitude 7.3 earthquake is recorded in the east of the country, a tsunami warning is issued and 2 million homes are without electricity

Two million homes are without electricity. Eastern Japan was shaken on Wednesday evening March 16 by a violent earthquake felt as far away as Tokyo, of magnitude 7.3, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA). It issued a tsunami warning for much of the northeast coast. The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at 11:36 p.m. local time (3:36 p.m. Paris time), was located off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, 60 km deep, according to the JMA.

As a reminder, at the time of the Fukushima disaster in 2011, the earthquake was of magnitude 9.1.