More than 19,000 homes damaged in March earthquake off Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA – More than 19,000 homes were damaged in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures after a powerful earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on March 16.

The number is expected to increase as more affected residents apply for disaster damage certificates.

In Miyagi, 219 houses were destroyed or partially collapsed, while 7,668 were partially damaged. In Fukushima, 1,072 houses were destroyed or partially collapsed, while 10,512 were partially damaged.

Since partially damaged homes are not eligible for government assistance under the Disaster Relief Act, the Fukushima prefectural government is preparing to offer its own assistance.

“We are receiving damage reports at a faster rate than after a strong earthquake off Fukushima in February last year,” a prefectural official said.

The strength of the March 16 earthquake off the coast of Fukushima reached a high of 6, the second highest on the seismic intensity scale in Japan, in some prefecture areas.

The quake killed three people and injured 241 others, according to a count released by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency on April 7.

The number of residents in evacuation facilities fell to 19 in the two counties as of Friday noon, down from 1,214 the day after the quake.

The earthquake hit the tourism industry hard as operations in the Tohoku Shinkansen were suspended for nearly a month due to a train derailment.

More than 50,000 people have canceled hotel reservations in Miyagi since the earthquake, according to the Miyagi Hotel Ryokan Association.

“Looking at last year’s earthquake, the psychological damage is greater than the damage to buildings,” said an official from the tourism association of the Dike Onsen Hot Springs Resort in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima.

However, some people are hoping for a rebound in visitor traffic from the Tokyo metropolitan area now that the entire Tohoku Shinkansen line reopened on Thursday.

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