Japan: Strong earthquake shocks in the sea; Tsunami warning issued…Instructions given to people to move from coastal areas – Dainik Savera Times

Tokyo. Japan issued a tsunami warning on Monday after a strong earthquake was felt in the western sea region and asked people to evacuate from coastal areas to safe places as soon as possible. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported earthquakes off the coast of Ishikawa and surrounding prefectures at 4 p.m. local time, one of which measured a preliminary magnitude of 7.6. It issued a severe level tsunami warning for Ishikawa and a lower level tsunami warning for the rest of the west coast of Honshu island. Japan’s state broadcaster ‘NHK TV’ warned that waves in the sea could reach five meters. It urged people to move to higher ground or upper floors of a nearby building as soon as possible.

There is no immediate information about damage due to the earthquake. According to NHK, a tsunami about three meters high was expected in Niigata and other areas on the west coast of Japan. According to this, low height tsunami waves have already been recorded on the coastline. Tokyo Electric Power Co., a nuclear plant located in the earthquake-hit area, said no operational problems have been reported so far at the plant. Government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters that there were no reports of any damage to nuclear plants located in the area. Appealing to people living in coastal areas to move to safe places as soon as possible, he said, “Every minute is important.” Please immediately move to safe places.” North Korea and Russia have also issued warnings of waves up to one meter high in some of their parts. Russian officials have issued a tsunami warning for Sakhalin Island. At the same time, the weather agency in South Korea has urged residents of some eastern coastal cities to keep an eye on possible changes in sea level. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters that the government had set up a special emergency center to gather information about the earthquake and tsunami.