authorities are warning residents in northeastern japan about the possibility of secondary disasters as strong rain fell on areas hit by a powerful earthquake over the weekend the magnitude 7.3 earthquake registered upper 6 unjapan's seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of fukushima and miyagi prefectures shortly after 11 pm on february 13th more than 150 people in nine prefectures sustained injuries

the japan meteorological agency said the tumbler is likely an aftershock of the magnitude 9.0 quake that devastated the region in march 2011. damage in fukushima prefecture includes part of a stone lantern at a shrine falling and smashing onto a parked car and a corridor on the second floor of an apartment building collapsing on the morning of february 15th officials in suma city handed out blue tarp to residents so they can brace for

the rain in miyagi prefecture the quake left tombstones and lanterns scattered on the ground at a mausoleum caused landslides and damaged buildings