An earthquake with 7.4 magnitude had hit in Japan that triggered Tsunami alert and plunged more than 2 million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness.
The devastating earthquake killed two and knocked out the power. Buildings fell to the ground near the train station, roads were cracked and water poured out from pipes underground.
The tsunami warning for waves of up to a meter in parts of Northeast Japan was lifted in the early morning on Thursday. The small tsunami reached shore but the low-risk advisory was lifted. The officials are still trying to assess the damage.
The Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida told that 4 people died during the quake and the cause of their death was being investigated while 97 others were injured. A man in his 60s in Soma city died after falling from the second floor of his house while trying to evacuate. A man in his 70s panicked and suffered heart attack.
The agency later upgraded the magnitude of the quake to 7.4 from the initial 7.3 and the depth from 60 kilometers below the sea to 56 kilometers.