Monday 5:16 PM, JST (04:16 a.m. Monday April 11 ET) The Japan Meteorological Agency reported an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 with an epicenter in Fukushima Prefecture at a depth of 10 kilometers. The agency issued tsunami warnings for the coastal areas of Ibaraki Prefecture. The Meteorological Agency lifted the tsunami warnings fifty minutes later.
TEPCO ordered outside workers at Fukushima Daiichi to evacuate temporarily, but TEPCO said that "radiation figures at monitoring posts around the plant remain unchanged."
TEPCO said water injection into the reactors was suspended for 50 minutes after off-site power was shut down by the earthquake. TEPCO said that off-site power was restored for Units1, 2 and 3 and water injection resumed for these reactors after a suspension of about 50 minutes.