下敷きの５０代男性死亡　福島沖地震で初の死者―福島市

　福島県沖で１３日夜に発生した地震で、福島市の木幡浩市長は２５日、死者１人が確認されたと発表した。亡くなったのは、市内在住の５０代男性で、地震による死者は初めて。
　木幡市長によると、家族が１人暮らしの男性と連絡が取れなかったため、男性の自宅を２３日に訪れたところ、家財の下敷きになっているのを発見。その後死亡が確認された。圧迫による窒息死で、状況などから地震で亡くなったと断定された。（2021/02/25-12:05）

A man in his 50s was killed by a powerful earthquake that occurred off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, the first death reported from the temblor.
   The man, who was living alone in the city of Fukushima, was found trapped under household goods at his home by his family on Tuesday and was later confirmed dead, Fukushima Mayor Hiroshi Kohata said Thursday.
   He died from suffocation caused by compression. Based on the situation surrounding his death and other factors, the man was recognized as having died from the earthquake.
   According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, the temblor injured a total of 185 people in 10 prefectures in the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan and the Kanto eastern region, including 100 in Fukushima Prefecture and 63 in the neighboring prefecture of Miyagi.
   The 7.3-magnitude quake measured upper 6, the second-highest level on Japan's seismic intensity scale, in some municipalities in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It is believed to have been an aftershock of the 9.0-magnitude March 11, 2011, earthquake, which mainly struck the Tohoku region.