Alert for earthquake and tsunami in Japan, real time updates:
According to a local authority, a significant earthquake in Japan has resulted in the confirmation of at least 57 deaths. The Japan Meteorological Office reports that since Monday, there have been 155 earthquakes in Japan, with several of them measuring more than 6. Among them was a strong 7.6 magnitude tremor. As stated by the jam, six notable earthquakes were detected early on Tuesday, despite the fact that the intensity of the seismic activity has steadily decreased.
12 confirmed deaths have resulted from the strong earthquake that struck Japan.
According to a statement from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which is located in Hawaii, the threat of a tsunami arising from a strong earthquake that rocked central Japan on Monday has been substantially eliminated.
In the past, certain regions had waves that were more than a meter high. Central and western Japan were hit by the earthquake and ensuing tsunami, which resulted in flight and rail service disruptions, evacuation advice, and power shortages in many houses. According to NHK, a public broadcaster, the earthquake, which first registered a magnitude of 7.6, caused waves that were about one meter high along some portions of the Sea of Japan shoreline, with greater waves predicted.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued tsunami alerts for the coastal prefectures of Niigata, Toyama, and Ishikawa.
Hokuriku Electric electricity reports that more than 36,000 households in the prefectures of Ishikawa and Toyama lost electricity. Telecom companies Softbank and KDDI reported outages in phone and Internet services in Ishikawa and Niigata, while high speed rail services to Ishikawa were halted.
Conclusion:
Eighteen (18) countries around the Indian Ocean sustained damage from the tsunami. The countries affected were Indonesia, Thailand, India, SriLanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Maldives, Reunion Island (French), Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, Oman, South Africa and Australia.
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