File:Offshore earthquake causes further damage to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan.jpg

English: This image, acquired by one of the Sentinel-2 satellites on 13 February 2021, shows the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan just hours before a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the region. The epicentre of the earthquake was east of Honshu in the Pacific Ocean, and not far from the epicentre of the earthquake that caused the devastating tsunami of 2011. While it led to the injury of almost 200 people, the 13 February earthquake did not produce excess damage to buildings or other infrastructure, but it led to issues at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Keisuke Matsuo, spokesperson for Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), confirmed that the earthquake had aggravated existing damage in the primary containment chambers of reactor Units 1 and 3, causing further leakage of cooling water. According to TEPCO, which is managing the plant, the leaked radioactive water is expected to have remained within the reactor buildings without reaching the outside. Nevertheless, the unexpected event further complicates the already complex decommissioning process of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which started after the tsunami of March 2011. Open Data supplied by Copernicus Satellites and Services allow for a fast response to emergencies and disasters such as tsunamis and earthquakes.