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See moment powerful earthquake hits Japan
00:54 – Source: CNN
- Multiple people have been killed after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the west coast of Japan on Monday, according to local authorities.
- Roads and buildings were damaged, transport and communication services have been disrupted, and officials warned of power outages for tens of thousands of homes.
- Aftershocks have also been reported, with Japan’s weather agency warning they could continue for a few days.
- The weather agency has lifted all tsunami advisories following the quake. Tsunami waves of up to 1.2 meters (4 feet) hit a number of areas along the country’s western coast on Monday.
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More than 35 aftershocks greater than a magnitude of 2.5 have struck near the epicenter of Japan’s earthquake in the past 24 hours, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Of these aftershocks, one was above 6.0, 12 were 5.0 or above, and 22 were above 4.0.
USGS seismologists warned on Monday that aftershocks could last for months.
The death toll from the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan’s west coast on Monday has risen to at least 30, according to Ishikawa prefecture authorities on Tuesday.
Earlier Tuesday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters after a disaster emergency meeting that a destroyed road had cut access to the area.
Rescuers were still working to reach people trapped under collapsed buildings, he said.
The quake shook the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Monday afternoon, collapsing buildings, sparking fires and triggering tsunami alerts as far away as eastern Russia.
Japan’s Meteorological Agency lifted all tsunami advisories along portions of the country’s western coast Tuesday, but almost 24 hours after the quake struck, there has been limited access to the northern part of the secluded Noto Peninsula.
The death toll has risen to at least 15 people after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the west coast of Japan on Monday, according to local authorities.
Officials from Wajima city in Ishikawa prefecture confirmed the latest tally with CNN on Tuesday.
The Ishikawa government is counting reported deaths across the prefecture and plans to provide an update later Tuesday.
Some 45,700 households are without power in Japan’s central Ishikawa prefecture after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck on Monday, according to the Hokuriku Electric Power company on Tuesday.
The quake left six people dead in Ishikawa, and dozens have been injured in four other prefectures, including Toyama and Niigata, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported, citing hospitals and local authorities.
The defense ministry dispatched 1,000 military personnel to help the rescue and recovery efforts, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters Monday.
All tsunami advisories in Japan have been removed, according to the country’s Meteorological Agency website on Tuesday morning.
The advisories were issued following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake which struck central Japan on Monday afternoon
The agency immediately issued a tsunami warning along western coastal regions and the first waves were reported hitting the coast just over 10 minutes later.
Tsunami waves of up to 1.2 meters (4 feet) hit a number of areas along Japan’s western coast. The tsunami warnings were later removed.
Remember: Under Japan’s tsunami warning system, waves expected less than 1 meter fall under “tsunami advisory,” while those expected up to 3 meters fall under “tsunami warning” and waves expected above 5 meters fall under “major tsunami warning.”
At least six people have died in Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday, according to the country’s public broadcaster NHK, which cited local police.
One elderly man was confirmed dead after being rescued from a house that collapsed due to the earthquake, NHK said, citing the police.
Dozens of people have been injured in four other prefectures, including Toyama and Niigata, according to hospitals and authorities, NHK reports.
The fire department also said it’s responding to reports of people being trapped under damaged buildings, NHK said.
A large fire broke out in the central Japanese city of Wajima on Monday evening after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook the area, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported.
More than 100 shops and houses have burned down, NHK reported on Tuesday.
The fire is still burning, according to the broadcaster.
Wajima is a coastal city located in Ishikawa prefecture.
Four bullet trains, whose high-speed journeys were halted when a powerful earthquake struck Japan on Monday, have now resumed service to their destinations, according to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK.
The high-speed trains had been stranded between the central Japanese cities of Toyama and Kanazawa following the 7.5 magnitude tremor.
After being stationary for more than 11 hours, two trains arrived at the Toyama station at 4 a.m. local time on Tuesday (2 p.m. ET on Monday), officials said. Another two trains traveling in the opposite direction arrived at the Kanazawa station in Ishiwaka prefecture.
Nearly 1,400 passengers had been stranded inside the high-speed trains, NHK said, citing Japan Railways West.
The broadcaster said there were no reports of anyone on the trains becoming ill during the wait.
Japan was shaken by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake Monday that has left at least six people dead and another two seriously injured, according to officials.
The quake struck at 4:10 p.m. local time at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles) in the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa prefecture, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The quake collapsed buildings, caused fires and triggered tsunami alerts as far away as eastern Russia, prompting orders for residents to evacuate affected coastal areas of Japan.
Here’s what to know:
- Tsunami warnings: After the earthquake, authorities issued tsunami warnings to residents of Japan’s west coast. Those warnings have since been downgraded to advisories. Tsunami warnings are issued when waves are expected to be up to 3 meters (9.8 feet). Tsunami waves of around 1.2 meters (3.9 feet) were reported in Wajima City, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said.
- Aftershocks to continue: According to the United States Geological Survey, at least 31 smaller aftershocks were reported near the region where the earthquake struck. The agency said aftershocks could continue for days to months to follow.
- Train passengers trapped: At least 1,400 passengers are stranded inside high-speed bullet trains more than 10 hours after the earthquake shook the region, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported.
- Damage to infrastructure: The earthquake on Monday sliced through highways in central Japan, collapsed buildings, caused blazes and disrupted communications. At least 33,000 households were affected by power outages, said Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa, according to NHK.
- Rescue and recovery efforts: At least 8,500 military personnel are on standby to help with emergency efforts following the quake, said Japan’s Defense Minister Minoru Kihara. Health officials in the city of Suzu said some doctors could not treat wounded patients because damaged roads mean they are unable to travel to work.
- US support: The Biden administration is in touch with Japanese officials, and the United States “stands ready to provide any necessary assistance for the Japanese people,” according to a statement.
This post has been updated with the latest death toll provided by authorities.
The United States Geological Survey says there have been 31 aftershocks following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck western Japan on Monday, collapsing buildings, causing fires and triggering tsunami alerts.
Of the 31 aftershocks, “the largest aftershock so far was a magnitude 6.2 which occurred 8 minutes after the initial earthquake,” USGS seismologist Jessica Turner in the Golden, Colorado, office told CNN on Monday.
According to Turner, a magnitude 5.5 foreshock took place 4 minutes before the magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred.
At least four people have died in Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Monday, according to local authorities.
Two people are also reported to have been seriously injured by the quake, officials said.
US President Joe Biden is extending support to Japan after a powerful earthquake shook the western area of the country on Monday.
The Biden administration is in touch with Japanese officials, and the United States “stands ready to provide any necessary assistance for the Japanese people,” according to a statement.
Four bullet trains that came to a halt between the cities of Toyama and Kanazawa in Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture during Monday’s powerful earthquake remained at a standstill on Tuesday local time.
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, citing Japan Railways West, reported that nearly 1,400 passengers continued to be stranded inside the immobile high-speed trains more than 10 hours since the powerful tremor shook the region.
The tsunami warnings along portions of Japan’s western coast have been canceled as the threat of additional large waves diminishes.
While the threat of larger waves has now passed, tsunami advisories for waves up to 1 meter (about 3 feet) remain in effect.
While a wave that struck a protective sea wall in the western Japanese city of Suzu “could have been a lot worse,” according to CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam, there is still a threat of tsunami waves following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.
The video shows the sea wall as a barrier for the city, which is on the opposite side of the peninsula where the earthquake occurred.
“Think of it as if you had a bathtub full of water and you were to drop a rock inside of it. It creates waves that propagate in all directions. They reach the side of your bath and then come in towards the center again. Same idea here,” he said.
Watch his full analysis here:
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02:00 – Source: cnn
A seismologist with the US Geological Survey warned that aftershocks caused by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck western Japan on Monday could last for months.
Susan Hough said people living in that part of the country have felt earthquakes before, but she believes this is “the biggest earthquake by far” — which means most residents likely don’t have experience with a seismic event of this scale.
The initial earthquake collapsed buildings, caused fires and triggered tsunami alerts as far away as eastern Russia, prompting orders for residents to evacuate affected coastal areas of Japan.
In 2011, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake in eastern Japan caused a tsunami with 30-foot waves that damaged several nuclear reactors. Hough said, comparatively, while the risk of a tsunami of that 2011 size is less likely in the case of Monday’s earthquake, people living near the coast should still evacuate.
Some of the first reports came from the city of Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture, which saw tsunami waves of around 1.2 meters (3.9 feet) around 4:21 p.m. local time, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
Ultimately, location plays a major part in how big of an impact an earthquake can have, Hough added.
Hough said this earthquake was shallow. “Where the fault was moving was very close to where people were living, and that can concentrate shaking close to where the earthquake happened. The energy just doesn’t have a lot of time to travel and spread out before it gets close to where people live,” she explained.
Taiwanese tourist Johnny Wu was waiting for a bus home when the earthquake struck western Japan, describing people as “panicked” once the shaking started.
“You can see all the snow from the the electric wire goes down, and also (the snow) from the roof fell down and all the cars are shaking. And so everybody was panicked at that time,” he told Reuters.
Wu said he has experienced earthquakes, but he was “still worried about (the quake) getting more serious.”
Baldwin Chia, a 38-year-old tourist from Shanghai, said he was with a group of snowboarders and described the quake as “pretty massive.”
“The whole room was shaking, the TV was shaking. I had to keep everything on the table. … I did feel safe in my room, though. But everything else was shaking,” he told Reuters.
Chia said his friends were outside at the time of the earthquake, adding “my first instinct was also just to text them, to see if they’re OK. Definitely I was asking about the (possible) avalanches.”
A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck western Japan on Monday afternoon, triggering tsunami waves and causing damage to roads, power, transport services and infrastructure.
Japanese officials warned residents in affected areas to evacuate to higher ground, as 1,000 military personnel from the Self-Defense Forces were dispatched to aid rescue and recovery efforts.
Here are the latest developments:
- Earthquake hits: The quake, which had a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), hit at 4:10 p.m. local time around 42 kilometers (26 miles) northeast of Anamizu in Ishikawa prefecture, according to the United States Geological Survey. Several aftershocks were reported in western Japan, USGS said, including a 6.2 magnitude aftershock around 4 kilometers (2.4 miles) southwest of Anamizu.
- Tsunami warnings: Authorities issued tsunami warnings to residents of western Japan. Tsunami warnings are issued when waves are expected to be up to 3 meters (9.8 feet). Tsunami waves of around 1.2 meters (3.9 feet) were reported in Wajima City, Japanese public broadcaster NKH said. In Toyama City and surrounding areas, waves of less than 1 meter were reported, while the city of Noto remained under a tsunami warning.
- Damage to infrastructure: The earthquake on Monday sliced through highways in western Japan, collapsed buildings, caused blazes and disrupted communications. As many as 33,000 households may be affected by power outages, said Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa, according to NHK.
- Transport disruption: At least five highways have been closed and several flights canceled across airports in Ishikawa prefecture. Two flights were canceled at Noto Airport, where there is a crack on the runway. A flight from Tokyo landed earlier but turned back to the capital. There were 15 cancelations at Komatsu Airport. Schools were not in session, but 21 school facilities are being formed into evacuation centers.
- Rescue and recovery efforts: At least 8,500 military personnel are on standby to help with emergency efforts following the quake, said Japan’s Defense Minister Minoru Kihara. Health officials in Suzu City said some doctors could not treat wounded patients because damaged roads mean they are unable to travel to work.
- Scenes of trapped residents: Civilians screamed in videos posted to social media after entire homes were flattened in western Japan. In another video, people crouched under tables at a local bowling alley, where tremors shook the infrastructure and TV screens could be seen shaking from the ceiling. “My city is in a terrible state,” one person said in a video posted from Noto. “I hope there is no fire.”
Japan is dispatching 1,000 military personnel to help rescue and recovery efforts following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake on Monday, the country’s defense minister has said.
Minoru Kihara told reporters some members of the country’s Self-Defense Forces have already reached the cities of Wajima and Suzu in Ishikawa prefecture.
Another 8,500 are on standby, he added.
Officials in several cities in Ishikawa prefecture reported damaged buildings, power outages, fires and cracks in roads.