Mr. Norihisa Furuichi I felt after an earthquake with a seismic intensity of upper 6, "The appearance of smartphones and tablets has changed the nature of power outages."

[ March 17, 2022 10:02 ]

On the 17th, sociologist Norihisa Furuichi (37) appeared on Fuji TV's information program "Mezamashi 8" (8:00 from Monday to Friday). He mentioned that at around 11:36 pm on the 16th, an earthquake with a seismic intensity of upper 6 occurred in Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture and Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture.

　Two people died in this earthquake, and at least dozens of people were confirmed injured. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter was off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, with a depth of about 57 kilometers. Estimated to be magnitude (M) 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned, "Beware of an earthquake with a maximum seismic intensity of about 6 upper for the next week or so." According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, large-scale blackouts occurred in up to about 2.2 million households in five prefectures in the Tohoku region and eight prefectures in the Kanto region. Regarding power outages, Mr. Furuichi said, "I didn't have any power outages, but there were many people around me who had power outages, and I thought that the emergence of smartphones and tablets changed the way power outages should be." He said, ``If you have a smartphone, you can collect information, and you can contact friends and acquaintances. I once again felt the necessity of such things," he said of his reception.

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