Earthquake-scattered goods in a store in Sendai City, JapanTOKYO, Mar 16 Expressway A Shinkansen electric train derailed on the Tohoku Line in northeastern Japan due to an earthquake, NHK reported. The train derailed between Fukushima City and Shiroishizao. It is reported that some of the wagons tilted. About 100 people were on the train, they were evacuated, there were no casualties. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 occurred in the northeast of Japan in the Pacific Ocean near Fukushima Prefecture, the country's main meteorological department said. The outbreak lay at a depth of 60 kilometers. A tsunami threat has been declared. The earthquake occurred at 23.36 (17.36 Moscow time). The tremors were felt in the prefectures of the northeast and north of Japan. Strong wave-like shocks were felt in the capital of Japan. There is no information about casualties and destruction.
