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TOKYO — Japan issued a tsunami advisory Thursday after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern island of Kyushu. The temblor occurred off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture at 4:42 p.m ...
A large earthquake shook Kyushu, Japan, just after 9 p.m. local time Monday night, triggering a tsunami advisory for Japan's southeast coast. The quake was centered just offshore of Kyushu, about ...
Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a ...
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 ...
The temblor occurred around 4:42 p.m. local time (3:42 a.m. Eastern time) off the coast of the Miyazaki prefecture and at a depth of 18 miles, said the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) in a ...
Map of Tsunami Warnings issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency at 1 January 2024 16:22 JST. Large parts of Japan's western coast, from Hokkaido to Nagasaki Prefectures were immediately placed under a tsunami warning after the earthquake struck, with evacuation orders issued in Ishikawa, Niigata, Toyama, and Yamagata prefectures.
Japan has a nationwide Tsunami Warning system (Japanese: 大津波警報・津波警報・津波注意報). The system usually issues warnings a few minutes after an Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) is issued, should waves be expected, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] usually when a combination of high magnitude, seaward epicenter and vertical focal mechanism is ...
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.