Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Japan, tsunami warning issued

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Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Japan, tsunami warning issued


Japan has issued tsunami alerts after a series of strong earthquakes shook western areas.

The Japan Meterological Agency reported a quake on Monday hitting Ishikawa and nearby prefectures, one of them measuring a preliminary magnitude of 7.6.

It issued a major tsunami warning for Ishikawa and lower-level tsunami warnings or advisories for the…

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  1. My prayer is for the victims who were lost by the Ishigawa earthquake and the people who lost their homes and family members.
    However, in this disaster, Japan never let go of the Korean Island Dokdo; they marked it as a part of their land.
    A country can not be understood with common sense.

  2. Iran is framing the United States and Israel to launch this attack! The mastermind behind the scenes may be Russia's information warfare strategy!

  3. 일본이 피해를 최소한으로 받았으면 좋겠는데…
    왜 독도를 표기한거지?
    엄연히 국제법상,역사상 한국 고유 영토인데?

  4. 東京に住む日本人です。
    年が明けてすぐに、このような大きな地震が起こってしまいとても残念です。ですが、コメントで様々な人が日本に応援してくれて本当に嬉しいです。
    ありがとうございます。

  5. This earthquake had a seismic intensity of 5 according to Japan's earthquake intensity standards.
    In Japan, earthquakes with a seismic intensity of 1 to 3 occur somewhere every day and do not cause any damage.
    Recently, large numbers of casualties occurred in China and Turkey, even though the earthquake had a magnitude of 3 according to Japanese standards. Japan has strict legal earthquake resistance standards for buildings, so damage on the same scale as in other countries usually does not occur.
    However, this time, a major earthquake occurred in Ishikawa Prefecture, a tourist city that preserves buildings from hundreds of years ago, causing old wooden houses to collapse in some areas.
    As of now, it has been reported that two people suffered cardiopulmonary arrest and six people were buried alive.
    Japan has introduced a system that uses electromagnetic waves to measure the shaking of the underground just before a major earthquake occurs, and sends earthquake warnings to mobile phones to people staying in areas where the earthquake is expected to occur.
    Therefore, in Japan's earthquake-prone areas, you have more time to escape or hide under a desk before an earthquake occurs than in disaster-stricken areas in other countries.

    What is scary about earthquakes are tsunamis and fires.
    The tsunami and fire were also the cause of the 12,000 deaths in the Great East Japan Earthquake, which occurred in Japan, which has a well-developed earthquake prevention infrastructure.
    Even in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which occurred before seismic standards were strengthened, people who were too late to escape from buildings died in fires.
    Also, foreigners think that a tsunami is a big wave, but that is wrong.
    To be precise, a tsunami is when the sea level rises for a long period of time.
    The tip of a tsunami is simply a wave.
    A tsunami is a phenomenon in which the ocean expands and rises in height, so a mass of water that flows at an incredible speed, like a rushing river, attacks for several hours. In other words, it would be better for people to understand that a tsunami is not a wave, but rather a town submerged in a river several kilometers wide for several hours.
    Therefore, even a tsunami of 50 cm in height can cause people to drown and buildings and cars to be seriously damaged.
    If you can understand this, then when you hear a tsunami warning, will you understand the need to run to the hills or the roofs of buildings, rather than point your smartphone at the sea and take pictures?

  6. I’ve been living in Japan. From Japan, we are overwhelmed by the big earthquake even 1/1. Whether we live in the nearest place hit by that, we are praying. I hope everyone is safe🙏
    Today, Ishikawa Prefecture, where a major earthquake and tsunami occurred, is famous for the Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, which houses numerous modern art pieces created both domestically and internationally since 1980. It is renowned as a tourist destination