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On 2/17/2015, multiple major quakes hit North East Japan.
The first one occurred at 8:06 JST, magnitude was 6.9. Epicenter was “Sanriku offshore”, depth was 10km. Japan meteorological agency announced Tsunami warning to Iwate offshore however no remarkable damage was reported.
After 3 major aftershocks from M4.6 to M4.8, M5.7 hit Iwate offshore at 13:46 JST. The maximum seismic intensity was 5+.
By this moment, 3 more aftershocks followed the quake near the epicenter.
It had been over 12 hours since the first one of M6.9, but Fukushima plant status had not been reported by Tepco …. http://fukushima-diary.com