Japan Earthquake: Cars shaken like matchboxes as motorway convulses during Osaka Quake
JAPAN earthquake: Shock footage captures the horrifying moment quake strikes Osaka rocking cars on a busy Japanese motorway.
By DARREN HUNT
Express.co.uk
Mon, Jun 18, 2018
A deadly 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the Japanese city of Takatsuki, in the Osaka Prefecture, in the early hours of Monday morning.
In the video, cars on a busy motorway shook as the powerful quake hit the city, with lampposts shaking side to side.
The Japan earthquake struck at around 7.58am local time (11.58pm UK time) forcing local airports to close for several hours.
Train lines in the area were also interrupted and factories were forced to halt production.
Local authorities confirmed there was no tsunami warning and nuclear plants in the area are operating normally.
The tremors measured magnitude 6.1 on the Japanese earthquake scale and trackers at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) measured the quake as magnitude 5.3.
A nine-year-old girl and an 80-year-old man were killed by collapsing walls and a third elderly man in his 80s died under a fallen bookcase.
More than 200 people were reported to have been injured.
Several people were trapped in elevators and roads were cracked with broken pipes spilling water.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to deal with the fallout of the earthquake, which has left at least 100,000 Osaka prefecture residents without gas, quickly and effectively.
He said: “The government will act as one to deal with this earthquake in Osaka, making human life the top priority.
“The first step is moving quickly to bring damage under control.”
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