The Japan Meteorological Agency reports quakes off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures, one with\u00a0a preliminary magnitude of 7.6. The tsunami threat from the shallow temblor that struck central Japan has \u201clargely passed\u201d, a US agency said, after waves 1 metre high hit some areas.<\/p>\n
The 7.6 earthquake that hit Japan is the strongest recorded in the Noto Peninsula region in Ishikawa prefecture since 1885 when data became available.<\/p>\n
An official from the Japan Meteorological Agency says Monday\u2019s event marks the first time a major tsunami warning was issued since March 11, 2011.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also the first time an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 7.0 occurred in Japan since September 2018.<\/p>\n
A tsunami measuring not even 1 metre reached South Korea\u2019s east coast, the country\u2019s meteorological agency says.<\/p>\n
The first tsunami to reach South Korea\u2019s coast was 0.67 metre (2.2 feet) but it may increase in size after the initial waves and may continue for more than 24 hours, the agency said.<\/p>\n
Source: Aljazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Japan Meteorological Agency reports quakes off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures, one with\u00a0a preliminary magnitude of 7.6. The tsunami threat from the shallow temblor that struck central Japan has \u201clargely passed\u201d, a US agency said, after waves 1 metre high hit some areas. The 7.6 earthquake that hit Japan is the strongest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":114599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"\n