2024-01-01 14:25:39
This Monday, a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit central Japan, triggering tsunami warnings and chaos on the west coast.
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— AUSTROHÚNGARO (@AUSTROHNGARO2) January 1, 2024
Japan Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings for the coastal prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama, marking the first significant alerts since the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Waves reached approximately 1 meter in some areas of the Sea of Japan coast, with the possibility of larger waves, public broadcaster NHK reported. Russia issued tsunami warnings in its far eastern cities of Vladivostok and Nakhodka, while South Korea and North Korea also issued warnings.
A major tsunami warning means that there is the possibility of waves of more than 3 meters.
The telluric movementleft thousands of homes without electricity, disrupted rail services and flights in the affected region, local images showed collapsed buildings, a large crack in a road and scenes of panic in several coastal towns.
In Japan the Tsunami is reaching the Ishikawa prefecture, there are already several collapsed houses and people unable to get out of them.
The alarm is all over the television and people have panicked. All over Japan has already trembled for more than 3 hours.pic.twitter.com/B7sL9SOm66
— L.S.H (@LSH__Official) January 1, 2024
More of 36,000 homes were left without electricity in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, with high-speed rail services suspended.
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Despite the magnitude of the earthquake, Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority reported that no irregularities were confirmed at nuclear power plants along the Sea of Japan. However, authorities warned of the possibility of followingshocks in the coming days.
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