Japanese authorities have warned of waves of up to five meters along almost the entire west coast.
Japanese authorities have activated a tsunami warning along almost the entire west coast after a strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Honshu Island, the country’s main island, off the coast of the Sea of Japan.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has activated the alert for waves up to five meters high in Ishikawa Prefecture and for waves up to three meters in Fukui, Toyama, Hyogo, Niigata and Yamagata Prefectures. general tsunami warning for the entire west coast of the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido and the north of the island of Kyushu.
The first waves, with a height of about 1.20 meters, are reported to have already reached the town of Wajima, about 500 kilometers west of Tokyo, at around 4:21 pm local time (8:21 am in the Basque Country). This is reported by broadcaster NHK.
Places on the islands of Honshu have already reported tidal rises of between 540 and 80 centimeters. Authorities have warned that these first waves could be followed by others of much greater heights.
The earthquake occurred on the Noto Peninsula at 4:10 PM local time (8:10 AM in the Basque Country) at a shallow depth.
The Prime Minister Japanese national Fumio Kishida has urged Japanese citizens to exercise maximum caution in light of tsunami warnings and asked those in affected areas to evacuate to safe areas. Kishida has said his government is trying to confirm the extent of damage caused by both the earthquake and the numerous aftershocks reported afterward.
Source: EITB
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