SHAMIMA AKHTER
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck western Japan on Monday evening, setting off a tidal wave warning as far away as eastern Russia and prompting an advisory for residents to immediately clear Japan's affected coastal areas.
Tremors were felt at 4:10 p.m. According to the US Geographical Review (USGS), it is about 42 kilometers (26 mi) east of Anamizu in Ishikawa Prefecture at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 mi).
The Japan Meteorological Organization immediately issued a torrent warning along the coastal areas of western Japan, and major waves were responsible for causing chaos around the city more than 10 minutes after the incident.
Part of the initial report came from the city of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, where a wave of about 1.2 meters (3.9 ft) was seen around 4:21 p.m., according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK. No immediate damage was estimated.
Authorities in the city of Suzu in Ishikawa told CNN that structures were damaged and injuries were reported. City police said some people were caught in damaged houses, according to NHK. No passes have been accounted for up to this point.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, a significant tidal wave warning was issued in the city of Noto in Ishikawa, with heights of around 5 meters expected.
According to a representative of the Ishikawa Prefecture Disaster Executive Agency, this was the main critical wave warning that began around 2011.
Under Japan's torrent advance notice framework, expected waves below 1-meter fall under "wave warning", while normal waves over 3 meters fall under "wave advance notice" and expected waves over 5 meters fall under "significant torrent advance notice".
In an earlier broadcast speech, Japan's Chief Bureau Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi encouraged people living in areas under a tidal wave advisory to clear to higher ground.
NHK's film shows cameras shaking enthusiastically as waves crash ashore in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Houses were also shaken by the quake, with pictures showing roofs and shaking structures.
Several administrations of Japan's Shinkansen projectile trains were suspended.
Virtual entertainment recordings have responded to the shake-up, with store aisles littered with products. A hug shot from inside a train shows signs of shaking severely with an earthquake on stage.
More than 32,500 homes in Ishikawa Prefecture were left without power, according to the Hokuriku Electric Power Organization.
Japan's Kansai Electric Power Organization said in an announcement at X that no irregularities were to blame at nearby nuclear plants.
According to the USGS, strong shaking was followed by the progression of severe delayed reactions.
A 6.2 magnitude aftershock at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 mi) struck at 4:18 p.m. Around 4 kilometers (2.4 mi) southwest of Anamizu as indicated by the USGS.
About 58 kilometers (about 36 miles) away, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake was recorded, and another magnitude 5.6 aftershock was detected closer to the underlying tremor, according to the USGS.
The country's climate agency warned that strong aftershocks could continue for the next three to seven days and advised against possible structure collapse and avalanches.
Japan's head of state, Fumio Kishida, said experts were trying to assess the potential damage in the affected areas.
"We immediately set up the State Leader's Response Office - Debacle Countermeasures Headquarters. Putting people's lives as a necessity, we are really stepping back to survey the damage - investing all the energy in the disaster response," the head of state wrote on X, earlier on Twitter. , Monday.
Release the torrent wave
Waves of less than one meter were estimated in various areas along Japan's west coast, including 80 cm waves in the city of Toyama, 40 cm waves in the ports of Kashiwazaki and Kanazawa, and 20 cm waves in Tobishima Island and Sado Island.
The South Korea Meteorological Agency said it was forecasting sea level changes in Gangneung, Yang, and Goseong in Gangwon Territory and the east coast region of Pohang.
A wave danger was similarly pronounced in the eastern Russian urban communities of Vladivostok, Nakhodka, and Sakhalin Island - as the region faces the Ocean of Japan - Russian state media TASS reported. No departures have been calculated up to this point.
News: CNN
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