Noto quake exceeded projections of nuclear plant operator
The quake caused a transformer for the No. 1 reactor and another for the No. 2 reactor to stop functioning due to issues that included oil leakage.
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The quake caused a transformer for the No. 1 reactor and another for the No. 2 reactor to stop functioning due to issues that included oil leakage.
More than 14,000 people remain evacuated one month after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake hit the Noto Peninsula in central Japan, as local governments rush to prepare temporary housing while logistics continued to be disrupted.
Last week's powerful earthquake in central Japan inflicted stress on parts of a local nuclear power plant that exceeded the limit anticipated in the facility's design, according to a report shared in a safety panel meeting.
Only about 70% of schools in the prefecture could start the new term as scheduled.
Rescuers brave snow and rain as they continue to search for hundreds of people who remain missing following a magnitude-7.6 quake that hit the Noto Peninsula in central Japan on New Year's Day, leaving over 160 dead.