Tokyo Olympics earthquake shakes media, but no damage or delay reported – Deadline

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Is nature conspiring against the Tokyo Olympics? Firstly, the event has been postponed due to the Covid pandemic. Then, with the games continuing despite a widespread resurgence of the virus, a typhoon hit the Japanese capital last week. Temperatures and humidity were uncomfortably high, and today a 5.8-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks hit the area.

Note to Mt. Fuji: Please stay calm.

No disturbances of events or serious damage were reported from any of the offshore earthquakes, which ranged between 4.1 and 5.8 on the Richter scale, and local authorities have ruled out a tsunami risk for the city that is part of the infamous “ring of fire.” But the city’s media to cover the Games of the XXXII Olympiad weighed in on social media about the shaking that was reported around 5:33 a.m. Wednesday local time.

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“Rolled over for 20 seconds,” NBC News anchor Lester Holt wrote in a tweet. “Interestingly, my crew of 3 floors below felt nothing.” CNN’s Will Ripley wrote, “I felt the shaking for about 30 seconds. It’s still running.”

Sunrise, a local morning show on Australia’s Seven Network, was taking off straight from Tokyo after a commercial break when the main earthquake struck. But broadcaster Mark Beretta was, well, unmoved. “We’re up to about 10 floors,” he told broadcasters. “We are in a tower that is made at home by scaffolding, but it is made of structural steel because it is earthquake-resistant. But it actually started swaying and moving.”

Beretta kept calm, though noticing that it was his first earthquake. Below is the show’s tweet, followed by those from Holt, Ripley and others including a local reporter in Toledo, Ohio, joking about the quake’s abnormal origin.

“Welcome back to Olympic City where we are currently in an earthquake.” MarkBeretta just ran through his sports report while Tokyo was shaken 👊🏻 pic.twitter.com/O4pUxM1yHD

– Sunrise (@sunriseon7) on August 3, 2021

I felt what seemed to be a slight earthquake here in Tokyo. About 5:33 a.m. Wednesday here. Rolled for a good 20 seconds. Interestingly enough, my crew of 3 floors below felt nothing. The Japan Meteorological Agency averages 6.0 degrees.

– Lester Holt (@LesterHoltNBC) August 3, 2021

Two earthquakes were felt at 5:33 a.m. and 5:43 a.m. (local time) off the coast of Hasaki, Japan, in Tokyo, where the Summer Olympics are being held. The USGS says it recorded strengths of 5.8 and 5.1. About 75 miles offshore and 6 miles deep. No damage or tsunami warning. https://t.co/TNIbOxYPdG

— Will Ripley (@willripleyCNN) August 3, 2021

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck eastern Japan and was felt by people at the #Olympics. Meteorologists suspect this was caused by aftershocks from the shot fired at the games. #FirstAlert pic.twitter.com/BpL09OTRHm

— John Birchfield (@JohnWTOL) August 3, 2021

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