Dead and wounded by earthquake Japan

tokio - In an earthquake in Osaka in the west of Japan, at least two people were killed. It concerns an eighty-year-old man and a nine-year-old girl, reports the television channel NHK.

According to the station, the two victims were buried by collapsing walls. There is also a still unknown number of wounded.

The Osaka region was hit by an earthquake with a force of 6. 1. No tsunami warning was issued, the Japanese meteorological service said.

The nuclear power plants of Mihama, Takahama and Ohi have not detected any irregularities, Kansai Electric Power has informed.