1, 2024. Japan issued tsunami alerts Monday after a series of strong quakes in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo News via AP) 7 of 18 | A house is damaged by an earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. Japan issued tsunami alerts Monday after a series of ...
All tsunami advisories in Japan have been removed, according to the country’s Meteorological Agency website on Tuesday morning. The advisories were issued following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake which struck central Japan on Monday afternoon The agency immediately issued a tsunami warning along western ...
A moment magnitude (Mw) 7.5 earthquake occurred on January 1, 2024, at the northern tip of the Noto Peninsula, Central Japan, triggering a large tsunami. Seismological and geodetic observations revealed the rupture of mapped submarine active faults. While proximal segment ruptures have been well ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake shook eastern Japan on Friday evening, but there was no tsunami warning, according to public broadcaster NHK. The temblor struck at 1003 GMT with a magnitude of 6.2, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It shook buildings in Tokyo as well as sur...
The earthquake also triggered a tsunami warning in the following hours along Japan’s west coast and in South Korea, causing panic among residents; while initial warnings suggested a tsunami of 5 meters (16.5 feet) were possible, the warning has since been downgraded to waves of 3 meters (10...
Japan is prone to earthquakes, with many fault lines and volcanoes. A massive quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011 caused widespread damage in northeastern Japan. So far, no major issues have been reported at nuclear plants following this week’s earthquake and aftershocks....
Kansai Electric Power Company confirmed no damage has been detected at the Ohi and Takahama nuclear power plants in Fukui Prefecture following Monday's earthquake. Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world. However, a tsunami warning had not been issued since the March 201...
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake and dozens of aftershocks have struck the Western edge of Japan, sparking tsunami warnings for residents along hundreds of miles of coastline. Buildings have collapsed, trapping people under rubble and as night fell, power and communications networks were still down. Tens ...
March 11, 2011 -At 2:46 p.m., an 8.9 magnitude earthquake takes place 231 miles northeast of Tokyo. (8.9 = original recorded magnitude; later upgraded to 9.0, then 9.1.) - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues a tsunami warning for the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the US. About an...
Japan issued a 'megaquake advisory' following a 7.1 magnitude quake off Kyushu Island in the far southwest early August 2024. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake April 2024 in Hualien County on Taiwan's eastern seaboard led to a brief tsunami alert while two spectacular underwater volcanic eruptions 14 ...