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Japan issues alert for potential mega quake; tsunami advisories lifted
After a strong earthquake struck northern Japan, tsunami advisories were issued but have since been lifted. However, people across wide
Summary
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings for Iwate Prefecture and Pacific coasts of Hokkaido and Aomori Prefectures in the Monday afternoon. One 80-centimeter tsunami struck Kuji Port in Iwate Prefecture. A 40-centimeter tsunami also struck Miyako Port in Iwate Prefecture, Urakawa Town in Hokkaido and Hachinohe Port in Aomori Prefecture.
What this story is about
People
- Fukushima Prefectures2
- Tsunami Warning2
- Miyako Port2
- Fukushima2
- Shin2
- Yamagata Shinkansen
- Tohoku Shinkansen
- Tsunami Warnings
Organisations
- Japan Meteorological Agency3
- Hokkaido3
- Iwate Prefecture2
- Kuji Port2
- Pacific2
- Miyagi2
- Iwate2
- NHK2
Places
- Iwate Prefecture3
- Hokkaido3
- Japan3
- Hachinohe Port2
- Northern Japan2
- Pacific Ocean2
- Sanriku2
- Tsunami2
Keywords
- advisories3
- earthquake2
- issues2
- centimeter
- triggering
- magnitude
- potential
- aomori
- effect
- issued
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