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Japan earthquake: Thousands told to take shelter after major quake

  • January 1, 2024



Japan earthquake: Thousands told to take shelter after major quake

On the western shore of honu Island the Earth begins to tremble towns and cities start to shake as a series of quakes Rock parts of central Japan the information board at a station in isikawa District swings wildly passengers on a train guard gasp for air it’s not clear how many people

Have been killed or injured but officials have reported six incidents of people being buried under Rubble it is likely the death toll will rise scores of strong earthquakes have been recorded by Japan’s seismic monitor including one with a magnitude of 7.6 and tsunami warnings have been issued up and down the

Coast possibly as large as 5 me M High fearing the deadly surge residents have been ordered to evacuate to flee every minute counts says government officials that message reiterated in a national broadcast by the country’s prime minister kashida pay attention he said if you live in a region where tsunamis are

Expected evacuate to Higher Ground across a large area roads closed pipes have burst and many homes have been damaged or left without power as the Earth shutters beneath their feet in kazawa City Stone lanterns wobble at an ancient Buddhist Shrine while visitors scrambled for safety this was like several uh times

That you can feel this earthquake and it it it just didn’t feel normal it didn’t feel like the the normal you got an earthquake for you know trimers for a couple minutes this felt more significant than that and it felt a lot more dangerous the people of Japan

Anticipate and prepare for Quakes and tsunamis the infrastructure and Warning Systems are good but this latest episode has deeply unsettled the nation Helen an Smith Sky News

Thousands of residents have been advised to take shelter overnight after Japan was hit by a major 7.6 magnitude earthquake.

Dozens of more tremors followed the quake but tsunami warnings have been downgraded.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/japan-earthquake-latest-major-tsunami-warning-after-quakes-as-local-residents-ordered-to-evacuate-13040241

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42 comments

  32. Incredible building engineering in Japan, very little damage from this savage earthquake. In other countries this would be a major disaster that kills hundreds of thousands

  35. The site of just seeing hundreds if not thousands of people in Japan visiting so that shinto temple during a seismic earthquake like this has made me feel really really sympathetically sad that watching this makes me want to cry so much it really does look like as if the people we're getting injured if not killed by the scene I feel really devastated by looking at it😢😫😭😢

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