The latest earthquake, which registered a 7.3 magnitude, has been reported as an aftershock to the original incident and struck the same area on February 13, though thankfully with nothing like the devastation caused in 2011. One million homes lost power and the earthquake also cased landslides. However, while the quake was felt strongly in Tokyo, no tsunami warning was issued. The area saw a similar aftershock in 2016.

The automotive sector has taken precautions to review the safety of facilities but manufacturing facilities have escaped damage. Toyota said that its all of its plants in the Tohoku area were operating as usual as of the first shift on Monday (February 15). Toyota Motor East Japan has three plants in the area: Miyagi Ohira, Miyagi Taiwa and Iwate.