Several regions of Russia’s Far East were put on tsunami alert on Monday after a series of powerful earthquakes struck central Japan, causing waves up to 5 meters high in some areas.
जापान के भूकंप का असर, रूस के सुदूर में 5 मीटर तक उठीं लहरें, सुनामी अलर्ट
Several areas of Russia’s Far East were put on tsunami alert on Monday after a series of powerful earthquakes struck central Japan, causing waves as high as 5 meters in some areas. Earlier in the day, the Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA) issued a tsunami warning for a wide part of the country’s west coast, including Ishikawa, Fukui, Niigata, Toyama, Yamagata and other prefectures, which saw a series of powerful earthquakes.
The major shallow earthquake, which registered a maximum of 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture at 4:10 p.m. local time (0710 GMT), according to the weather agency. It also shook buildings in central Tokyo.