TOKYO, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) — The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued tsunami advisories on Monday for a number of areas following two earthquakes.
Tsunami might attain one meter in top in Izu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, and the prefectures of Kochi, Chiba, Miyazaki and Kagoshima, stated the JMA.
The advisories, the bottom degree within the nation’s three-tier tsunami warning system, suggested folks to steer clear of the coast and rivers whereas staying alert for doable tsunami flooding.
At 5:25 a.m. native time, an earthquake struck close to Izu Islands at a really shallow depth, stated the JMA in related earthquake data, with out specifying the quake’s magnitude.
Also, on Monday morning, a 3.5-magnitude earthquake hit the nation’s northern Wakayama Prefecture.
According to the company, the temblor occurred at 8:18 a.m. native time at a depth of 70 km at a latitude of 34.1 levels north and a longitude of 135.5 levels east, measuring 2 on Japan’s seismic depth scale, which peaks at 7.