On Monday, a huge tragedy occurred when a magnitude 21 earthquake struck Japan on New Year’s Day. People were fleeing for their lives as a result of the country’s infrastructure collapsing due to earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.6. We are providing minute-by-minute updates on the Japan Earthquake LIVE, as well as tsunami warnings that have been issued by the Met department in the coastal districts of Ishikawa, Niigata, and Toyama.
Furthermore, some areas of Russia and North Korea are likewise preparing for the effects of a tsunami. The government has issued evacuation orders along Sakhalin Island’s western coast, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
According to Reuters, which quoted Japan’s NTV, a building fall in Ishikawa prefecture resulted in the death of one person.
Following a string of powerful earthquakes on Monday, Japan lowered its highest-level tsunami alarm, but advised coastal residents not to go back to their houses since devastating waves might still arrive. Along the west coast of Honshu, the main island of Japan, the earthquakes, the greatest of which had a magnitude of 7.6, caused houses to fall and spark fires. Uncertainty surrounded the number of potential casualties.
Soon after 4 p.m., the Japan Meteorological Agency reported over a dozen earthquakes in the Japan Sea off the coast of Ishikawa and neighboring prefectures.
A government spokesperson, Yoshimasa Hayashi, stated that the earthquakes caused damage to at least six residences, trapping people inside. More than 30,000 homes lost power as a result of a fire that started in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, he said.
When a tsunami is caused by an earthquake, people flee to coastal locations.
Following a powerful earthquake that destroyed homes, started a large fire, stopped highways, and forced people to flee to higher ground, Japan was slammed by tsunami waves that reached up to a meter in height on Monday.
Around 4:10 p.m. (0710 GMT), the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a 7.5-magnitude earthquake had struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on the Sea of Japan side of the main central island of Honshu.
Japan’s meteorological agency reported that the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.6, was one of over 50 that rocked the area over many hours on New Year’s Day, when family get together and visit temples.
Special programming, featuring Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urging people in danger zones to “evacuate as soon as possible” to higher ground, disrupted regular television services.