Japan Issues Tsunami Alert After Major Earthquake

The alert was issued for coastal regions in central Japan after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 hit Ishikawa.

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The alert was issued for coastal regions in central Japan after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 hit Ishikawa.

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The Japan Meteorological Agency on Monday issued a tsunami warning along the western coastal regions of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama prefectures.

The agency said the Ishikawa prefecture, along the Sea of Japan, was hit by a quake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 7.4.

It issued a major tsunami warning for Ishikawa, while rest of the northwestern coast of the island of Honshu was issued lower-level tsunami warnings or advisories.

Public broadcaster NHK warned torrents of water could reach as high as 5 meters (16.5 feet). People were advised to flee to high land or a top of a nearby building immediately.

According to media reports, buildings swayed in the area around the capital, Tokyo, on the central coast of Honshu.

This article first appeared on DW.

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