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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Monday afternoon, triggering a tsunami alert and prompting an official warning to residents to evacuate affected coastal areas as soon as possible.
Japan issued a Tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes struck the Sea of Japan on New Year's Day. ... Mail. 24/7 Help. ... A video posted to X showed a train station in Kanazawa, ...
The agency said tsunami waves of up to 50 centimeters (1.6 feet) were detected along parts of Kyushu's southern coast and the nearby island of Shikoku about a half hour after the quake struck.
The tallest wave so far was 1.2 meters (around 4 feet) detected at Wajima Port in Ishikawa at 5:21 p.m (3:21 a.m. ET), according to Japan’s Nippon TV, but had not yet breached the port’s defenses.
A tsunami advisory was issued after the earthquake. It covered Kōchi, Ehime, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima Prefectures [15] and predicted waves of up to 1 m (3.3 ft). [16] Subsequently, tsunami waves of 50 cm (1.6 ft) were observed in Miyazaki, 30 cm (0.98 ft) in Kōchi, and 20 cm (0.66 ft) in Kagoshima. [15] The advisories were lifted at 22:00 ...
Tsunamis in the Sea of Japan have been observed to arrive faster than those along Japan's Pacific coast. [101] Tsunami modelling executed by the University of Tokyo and Building Research Institute of Japan computed the tsunami to be 3.6 m (12 ft) in Suzu; 3 m (9.8 ft) in Noto; 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in Shika and 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in Jōetsu, Niigata.
UTC time: 2006-11-15 11:14:13: ISC event: 9235276: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: November 15, 2006 (): Local time: 8:14 pm [1]: Magnitude: 8.3 M w [1]: Depth: 31 km (19 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Fault: Kuril–Kamchatka Trench: Type: Megathrust: Areas affected: Japan, Russia: Max. intensity: MMI IV (Light) [2] JMA 2: Tsunami: Up to 21.9 m (72 ft) in Matua Island, Kuril Islands: Casualties: 1 ...
Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone places on earth. A massive quake in 2011 caused a tsunami that destroyed huge swaths of northern Japan and caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant.