News programme of Television and net media study tsunami informing owed to monolithic earthquake successful Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo connected December 8, 2025.
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A almighty magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Japan's northeast portion precocious connected Monday, prompting tsunami warnings and orders for residents to evacuate.
A tsunami arsenic precocious arsenic 3 meters (10 feet) could deed Japan's northeastern seashore aft an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.6 occurred offshore astatine 11:15 p.m. (1415 GMT), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
Tsunami warnings were issued for the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate, and a tsunami of 40cm had been observed astatine Aomori's Mutsu Ogawara and Hokkaido's Urakawa ports earlier midnight, JMA said.
The epicentre of the quake was 80 km (50 miles) disconnected the seashore of Aomori prefecture, astatine a extent of 50 km (30 miles), the bureau added.
Japan is 1 of the world's astir earthquake-prone countries, with a tremor occurring astatine slightest each 5 minutes.
East Japan Railway suspended immoderate bid services successful the area, which was besides deed by the monolithic 9.0-magnitude quake successful March 2011.
Located successful the "Ring of Fire" arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches partially encircling the Pacific Basin, the state accounts for astir 20% of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 oregon greater.
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