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Near Ōarai, people captured images of a huge whirlpool that had been generated by the tsunami. [171] The tsunami washed away the sole bridge to Miyatojima, Miyagi, isolating the island's 900 residents. [172] A 2 meters (6 ft 7 in) high tsunami hit Chiba Prefecture about 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours after the quake, causing heavy damage to cities such as ...
Okushiri had been struck by another tsunami 10 years earlier. A maximum run-up of 32 m was recorded on the western part of the island near Monai. A tsunami was widely observed in the Sea of Japan with a run-up of 3.5 m at Akita in northern Honshu, up to 4.0 m in southeastern Russia and up to 2.6 m on the coast of South Korea. [9]
The Japanese government designated 707 municipalities in 29 prefectures, including Yokohama, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Okayama, Hiroshima, all of Shikoku, Miyazaki, and parts of Okinawa, as areas at risk of being affected by a strong tremor with an intensity of lower 6 or higher and a tsunami with a height of more than ...
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 ...
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 major tsunami warning on Monday morning after it was hit by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake (Datawrapper/The Independent) ... Images on social media showed panicked people hiding under ...
Out of the 104 fatalities, all but four were killed by the resulting tsunami, which struck communities along the coast, especially Aomori and Akita Prefectures and the east coast of Noto Peninsula. Images of the tsunami hitting the fishing harbor of Wajima on Noto Peninsula were broadcast on TV. The waves exceeded 10 meters (33 ft) in some areas.
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 ...