Japanese authorities activated a tsunami alert, warning of waves of up to five metres. after a while almost all the west coast Severe earthquake of 7.4 degrees The incident took place in Ishikawa prefecture, located in the center of the country’s main island of Honshu, on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
But the risk of a tsunami has been ruled out by the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center following powerful earthquakes that have shaken the Asian country in the past few hours.
The US agency announced that “the Tsunami threat has largely passed” after waves higher than one meter hit some parts of Japan.
The first waves, about 1.20 meters high, reached the city of Wajima, about 500 kilometers west of Tokyo, at around 16:21 local time (7:21 GMT), according to public broadcaster NHK, which activated emergency programming. Presenters are shouting at people to stay away from the shore and take shelter on high ground.
Other towns in Ishikawa or Niigata prefectures have already reported tidal rises of 540 to 80 centimeters.
The earthquake, which was felt even in Tokyo, occurred in the Noto peninsula of Ishikawa prefecture at 16.10 (7:10 GMT) at a shallow depth and had a magnitude of 7 on the closed Japanese scale, with the center at 7. in the destructive capacity of earthquakes, is greater than its density.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) later reported about twenty aftershocks and warned that more tremors were very likely to occur next week, reaching level 7 over Japan.
The JMA activated the warning for waves up to five meters high in Ishikawa Prefecture and waves up to three meters high for Fukui, Toyama, Hyogo, Niigata and Yamagata prefectures, and also implemented a general tsunami warning for the entire region. The entire west coast of the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido and the north of the island of Kyushu.
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it is reviewing the status of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture, which is the world’s largest in terms of generating capacity but has been offline since 2011, when a powerful nuclear power plant was installed. The earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northeast, leaving more than 20,000 dead and leading to the Fukushima atomic accident.
No damage reported at this time. notable both in this and the nuclear power plants in the rest of the country.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s office convened a crisis cabinet to manage the situation.
Kishida urged citizens to exercise maximum caution in response to tsunami warnings and asked those in affected areas to evacuate to safe areas.
No damage has been reported due to rising water at this time, but more than 30,000 homes in Ishikawa and 3,600 homes in neighboring Niigata are reported to be without power in the same situation. Due to the earthquake and numerous aftershocks.
As a result of the tremors, a large fire broke out in the city of Wajima.
Some roads and highways on the west coast also reported significant damage and remained closed; Houses can be seen in the images published on social media. Ishikawa was also completely destroyed.
Train services were also stopped in the northeast of the country and in the central and north of the west coast.
EFE
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