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The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) officially named this earthquake the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake (Japanese: 令和6年能登半島地震, Hepburn: Reiwa 6-nen Noto-hantō Jishin). [6] It led to Japan's first major tsunami warning since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, [7] and a tsunami of 7.45 m (24 ft) was measured along the Sea of Japan ...
Follow our live blog for the latest ... 2024. Japan issued tsunami alerts Monday (AP) Neighbouring South Korea, North Korea and Russia also issued tsunami warnings for their Sea of Japan coasts ...
A tsunami advisory was issued after the earthquake. It covered Kōchi, Ehime, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima Prefectures [20] and predicted waves of up to 1 m (3.3 ft). [21] 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. [20] The advisories were lifted at 22:00 ...
Japan issued a tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes struck the Sea of Japan. Quakes occurred off the coast of Ishika and nearby prefectures after 4 p.m. local time with one ...
Japan issued a Tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes struck the Sea of Japan on New ... Cracks are seen on the ground in Wajima in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture on Jan. 1, 2024 ...
July 26–August 11 – Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics: The Japanese Olympic delegation wins 20 gold, 12 silver, and 13 bronze medals and places third out of 84 countries competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [82] 27 July – The Sado mine is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. [83]
Japan is an extremely quake-prone nation, but a tsunami warning of the magnitude of Monday's had not been issued since a major quake and tsunami caused meltdowns at a nuclear plant in March 2011.
2024 Noto earthquake: Earthquake and Tsunami: 1 Jan 2024: Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture: Additional damage was also caused by a 6.58 m (21.6 ft) tsunami. 3 people are still missing, with damage and injuries also occurring in Niigata, Toyama, Fukui, Osaka, Nagano, Hyōgo and Gifu Prefectures. 304 (Official) Sekirei Maru: Shipwreck 20 Dec 1945