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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.
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 ...
TOKYO – A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook parts of southern Japan on Monday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake was reported about 7 miles to the east ...
Tsunami Warning: 津波警報: Tsunami height is expected to be up to 3 meters. 3 m High Tsunami waves will hit, causing damage to low-lying areas. Buildings will be flooded and anybody exposed will be caught in tsunami currents. Evacuate from coastal or river areas immediately to safer places such as high ground or a tsunami evacuation building.
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 ...
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 ...
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. [101] Flooding by the tsunami exceeded 4 m (13 ft) along the east and western part of the peninsula.
TOKYO — Japan issued a tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes struck the Sea of Japan on New Year’s Day.. Quakes occurred off the coast of Ishika and nearby prefectures after 4 p ...