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Tsunami warning issued after powerful earthquake strikes Japan

The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.5, USGS said.

By

Anthony Trotter

 and

Kevin Shalvey

January 1, 2024, 8:14 AM ET

• 7 min read

Strong earthquake hits JapanThe earthquake triggered a tsunami threat leaving more than 2 million households without electricity, officials said.Kyodo News via AP

TOKYO and LONDON -- Japanese officials issued a tsunami warning and evacuation warnings after a powerful earthquake struck the west coast on Monday afternoon.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck at about 4:10 p.m. local time, with its epicenter on the Noto Peninsula, along the Sea of Japan, according to U.S. Geological Survey data.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said it measured the quake at a preliminary magnitude at 7.6, adding there had also been more than a dozen smaller ones, including aftershocks.

Cracks are seen on the ground in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, following an earthquake.Kyodo News via AP

Japanese officials had issued a major tsunami warning for the peninsula and surrounding Ishikawa Prefecture before downgrading it about five hours later to a tsunami warning. The lesser warning said waves could be expected high as 3 meters, or about 10 feet, near the epicenter, down from 5 meters, or about 16 feet.

Authorities were urgently directing the population to move to higher ground. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's office issued a statement telling residents nearby to evacuate immediately. People were being urged not to go to the coast and to stay away from waterways.

Tsunami threats were in effect along Japan's west coast, according to the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center. Outside of the major tsunami warning area, a tsunami advisory has been issued for the entire Sea of Japan side of the main island of Honshu and Western Hokkaido island.

Monday's warning is the first time a major tsunami warning has been issued since 2011, when a 9.0-magnitude quake struck Tohoku, causing disastrous and deadly tsunami waves.

Initial tsunami waves had begun striking land on Monday evening, with some reportedly reaching about 1.2 meters along the Noto Peninsula and the surrounding Ishikawa and Niigata prefectures. Tsunami waves were reported as far north as Hokkaido Prefecture.

Kishida appeared briefly before television cameras at his residence, saying the government was collecting information and assessing the situation. His administration set up a disaster response office, he said. He vowed to get an accurate assessment of the situation and said that saving lives was his utmost priority.

"I urge local residents in the affected areas to evacuate," he said. "Others in the region must be vigilant, be on the lookout as further quakes may hit."


The earthquake could be felt in Tokyo, where it sent power lines and light fixtures swaying.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said it had recorded within 90 minutes about 19 additional earthquakes above a magnitude of 1, including the largest one. The largest quake was “very shallow,” the agency said.

Video broadcast on local TV showed collapsed concrete statues and damage to buildings.

Firefighters were battling a blaze in Wajima, a city near the epicenter, the country’s Fire Disaster Management Agency said. Additional fires in Kanazawa and Joetsu, cities on the mainland near the Noto Peninsula, were extinguished, the agency said.

Bullet trains in the region were suspended. Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways reportedly cancelled flights to and from the region. Hospitals in the region were reporting power outages, perhaps complicating treatment of the injured.

No abnormalities in regional power reactors have been reported. Hokuriku Electric Power Company, which runs a nuclear power plant in Shika, in Ishikawa Prefecture, said in a press release that it was checking the status of its equipment.

Waves up to a meter were possible in North Korea and Russia, according to the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center.

"Don't let your guard down, move away from the coast," was the continuing message from Japanese authorities as night fell.

"Things can turn catastrophic in an instant," authorities said. "The first wave may not be the largest."

ABC News' Joe Simonetti contributed to this report.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/powerful-earthquake-strikes-japan/story?id=106028492

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Africa is cursed with bad leaders

Japan is cursed with earthquake and tsunamis.

Asia and natural disasters around December to January is a coincidence I have noted over time.

matify83:
Asia and natural disasters around December to January is a coincidence I have noted over time.

Really

The only dent in their beautiful lives

God have mercy

Every country with her own Achilles heel, but nothing is worser than hardship bestowed on humans by fellow humans..
Na humans dey deal with humans for naija.

I sell herbs for sexual enhancement tho

Hmmm

Give them a few months after the tsunami and earthquakes and the whole area would have being restored and totally unrecognizable .... Thank God we don't experience such in this country cos hmmm

Forget hardship wey we dey face, Nigeria still better

Righteousness2:
Brace up Folks!
2024 will be unlike anything we’ve ever seen. Ever.
All the signs JESUS CHRIST told us will signal the His coming are going to be much more massive and in Higher Frequencies all over the World. Earthquakes, pestilences, wars, tsunami, etc are gonna be on Much higher frequencies.

Whateve it is you are doing here on Earth, get ready to get out of here. Get ready to meet JESUS CHRIST.

The Signs of the times are all over the places
We HAVE to Stay plugged into God’s Word now more than ever.

JESUS CHRIST IS COMING!!! LIVE READY

Jesus ain't coming shit ..

Know that and have sense

Japs should invest in Nigeria, we would gladly sell the entire expanse of Sambissa to them.

...Where they can set up factories and bases and move their 'sensitive' assets over there in exchange for tech, trade secrets and skills transfer

Very bad.
Japan has really suffered so many earthquakes. I am afraid they may be submerged someday

We no know wetin God do for us for Africa
Every continent with them wahala

Na our leader be our own wahala

1st of January


At ease... Biko...

K

it is incredible the videos of the earthquake
these images are shocking
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https:///Mischermodell

Ok

Happy New quake

God like us for Africa na we no like ourselves... Within few weeks you'll see them fix all infrastructures and it will be better Dan almost all states in Nigeria....

Since the atomic bomb landed in this country , everything changed

Africa is blessed with all good things but bad leadership.

How far Japan?
Make una contact Me, make we sell some part of this Country to una joor.

We no get any Natural Disaster for here, na only Leadership Disaster we get.

TotoIsGud4boy:
Since the atomic bomb landed in this country , everything changed

Lies, Earthquake has always been with them from time immemorial.
Check google

insidelife22:
Africa is cursed with bad leaders

Japan is cursed with earthquake and tsunamis.

Who elect the bad leaders?,