Tsunami Reaches Japanese Coast Following Major Quake

Huge waves are also coming to the Russian coast.

A powerful earthquake occurred off the coast of central Japan in the Sea of Japan. Its magnitude was 7.4. After that, several aftershocks with a smaller magnitude were recorded.

The earthquake caused a tsunami. The wave with the highest height of 1.2 m was observed in the city of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture. The tsunami can hit the coast several times. In this case, the wave height may increase. Tsunami warnings have also been issued in Niigata, Toyama, Yamagata, Fukui and Hyogo Prefectures on the Sea of Japan coast, NHK reports.

A nuclear power plant is located in Ishikawa Prefecture in the city of Shiku. Both reactors at the NPP are deactivated. The operator of the station checks whether earthquakes have affected it.

Local authorities in Ishikawa Prefecture report the destruction of several houses and power line poles in the city of Suhu, and there are also collapses in Wajima.

Trains have been suspended in a region threatened by a tsunami.

The Japanese government has stated that there are no threats to the nuclear power plant.

Waves 80 cm high were recorded in Toyama Prefecture and 40 cm in Niigata Prefecture.

Also, a tsunami warning was announced on the southern coast of Russian Sakhalin.