Japan earthquake LIVE news: A major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit north-central Japan on Monday afternoon. Soon after, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning along the coastal regions of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama prefectures.
The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a quake hitting Ishikawa and nearby prefectures, one of them measuring a preliminary magnitude of 7.4. Waves more than 1 metre high hit the coast of Wajima City in Ishikawa Prefecture, NHK reported.
NHK TV also warned torrents of water could reach as high as 5 metres (16.5 feet) and urged people to flee to high land or the top of a nearby building as quickly as possible. Reports of any loss were not immediately available.
Japan is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0-magnitude undersea quake off northeastern Japan in March 2011, which triggered a tsunami that left around 18,500 people dead or missing. In March 2022, a 7.4-magnitude quake off the coast of Fukushima shook large areas of eastern Japan, killing three people. The capital Tokyo was devastated by a huge earthquake a century ago in 1923.
Japan earthquake: This is the first time earthquake with seismic intensity of 7 recorded in Ishikawa prefecture
This is the first time earthquake with seismic intensity of 7 recorded in Ishikawa prefecture, says Japan Meteorological agency official.
Japan earthquake: Japan issues another earthquake warning for Ishikawa prefecture
Japan issues another earthquake warning for Ishikawa prefecture, reports Reuters.
Japan earthquake: 36,000 households had lost power in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures
Footage aired by NHK showed a building collapsing in a plume of dust in the coastal city of Suzu and residents in Kanazawa city cowering under tables as tremors shook their home. The quake also jolted buildings in the capital Tokyo on the opposite coast.
More than 36,000 households had lost power in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, utilities provider Hokuriku Electric Power said.
Japan earthquake: Russia also issued tsunami warnings in its far eastern cities of Vladivostok and Nakhodka
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued tsunami warnings for the coastal prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama. Russia also issued tsunami warnings in its far eastern cities of Vladivostok and Nakhodka.
Japan earthquake: Total of 21 quakes above 4.0 magnitude hit Japan, says Met office
A succession of 21 earthquakes registering 4.0 magnitude or stronger struck central Japan in just over 90 minutes on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The strongest jolt measured 7.6, it said. The quakes prompted tsunami warnings and authorities urged people in the area to move to higher ground.
Japan earthquake: Japan issues another earthquake warning to Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama, Nagano prefectures
Japan issues another earthquake warning to Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama, Nagano prefectures, reports Reuters.
