Tokyo [Japan], December 8 (ANI): Japan issued a tsunami warning after a sequence of sturdy earthquakes struck off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture on Monday night time, prompting authorities to induce residents in coastal areas to maneuver to larger floor and stay there till additional discover.
According to the advisory issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred at 23:15 (native time) as we speak, with the epicentre positioned off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture, a part of Japan’s predominant island of Honshu, at a depth of fifty km.
The company additional warned that tsunamis might happen, stressing that residents mustn’t go away secure areas till officers formally elevate the alert.
‘As of 23:23 on the eighth, a tsunami warning is presently in impact. Tsunamis will strike repeatedly. Do not go away a secure location till the warning is lifted,’ the JMA stated in a put up on X.
According to the JMA, an alert for waves as much as 3 metres excessive after the earthquake was issued.
Tsunami waves of roughly 40 centimetres have been additionally noticed in components of Aomori and Hokkaido, and as much as 50 centimetres in Iwate, as reported by Kyodo News.
JMA additionally cautioned that bigger waves may nonetheless arrive alongside Japan’s northeastern shoreline.
The warning adopted earlier readings from the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) in India, which reported two important quakes within the North Pacific Ocean.
According to the NCS, the area was first hit with an earthquake of seven.5 magnitude at 19:45 PM, positioned on the coordinates of 41.05N and 142.37E at a depth of 60 km, which was adopted by an earthquake of magnitude 6.0, recorded at 20:03 PM, on the coordinates of 40.88N, 142.88E on the identical depth of 60 km.
‘EQ of M: 7.5, On: 08/12/2025 19:45:12 IST, Lat: 41.05 N, Long: 142.37 E, Depth: 60 Km, Location: North Pacific Ocean,’ the NCS stated in a put up on X.
‘EQ of M: 6.0, On: 08/12/2025 20:03:41 IST, Lat: 40.88 N, Long: 142.88 E, Depth: 60 Km, Location: North Pacific Ocean,’ the NCS said in a separate put up.
Both quakes have been registered near Japan’s northeastern shoreline, an space susceptible to important seismic exercise. (ANI)