2024-01-01 13:09:10
Time.news – A 7.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Japan, just off the west coast, in the Ishikawa prefecture in the center of the island of Honshu, the country’s main island. The quake occurred at 8.10 am Italian time, 4.10 pm local time at a depth of 76 km. The authorities have issued a tsunami warning in the Sea of Japan for waves of up to three meters in six prefectures, including Yamagata and Fukui.
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According to the US Seismological Institute, the tsunami threatens areas up to 300 kilometers from the earthquake’s epicenter. The first waves, about 1.20 meters high, have already reached the city of Wajima, about 500 kilometers west of Tokyo, but there remains the possibility that waves up to five meters high will hit the thing and for this reason they have been closed to traffic on all highways in the area.
No anomalies have been reported at Japanese nuclear power plants, government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said. There Russia has issued tsunami warnings for its Far Eastern coastal cities.
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The Noto region was affected
The 7.5 magnitude earthquake (updated from an initial assessment of 7.1) hit the Noto region, in Ishikawa prefecture, where tsunami waves of up to five meters are expected, the Japan Meteorological Agency said (JMA).
The JMA said the Noto region, on the Sea of Japan side of the main island, Honshu, it suffered a rapid succession of earthquakes, starting with a magnitude 5.7 quake at 4.06 pm local time, followed by a magnitude 7.6 quake at 4.10 pm, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 4.18 pm, a magnitude 4.5 quake at 4 pm ,23. In March 2022, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fukushima shook large areas of eastern Japan, killing three people.
Broadcasters interrupted programming to switch to special programs and to make urgent appeals to residents to move to higher ground. “We realize that your home, your belongings are all precious to you, but your lives are important above all else. Run to the highest ground possible,” a presenter from broadcaster NHK told viewers.
Japan has strict building codes meant to ensure that buildings can withstand strong earthquakes and regularly holds emergency drills to prepare for a strong tremor. But the country is haunted by the memory of a huge magnitude 9.0 underwater earthquake off northeast Japan in March 2011, which triggered a tsunami that left some 18,500 dead or missing and three reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant melted down, causing Japan’s worst post-war disaster and the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. In March 2022, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fukushima shook large areas of eastern Japan, killing three people.
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