A A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan on Mondayfor which the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) declared a tsunami warning up to three meters, without causing any casualties or material damage for the moment.
Japanese authorities have asked the population don’t stay near the coast.
The quake occurred at 11:15 p.m. local time (2:15 p.m. GMT) off the coast of Aomori prefecture, in the northeast of the archipelago, with an epicenter at 50 kilometers deep, according to meteorological authorities.
The earthquake reached the upper 6th level in Hachinohe City on the Japanese 7-level seismic pile, focusing on the measurement surface agitation and destructive potentialas well as lower level 6 in the towns of Oirase and Hashikami.
He an earthquake was noted over a large part of the territory, from the north to the center and east of the country, passing through Tokyo, where it reached level 2 on the national seismic scale.
The JMA has activated an alert tsunami up to 3 meters high for the coasts of Aomori prefecture, neighboring Iwate and the southern tip of the island of Hokkaido, the northernmost of the archipelago, which should arrive after local midnight.
The tsunami warning up to one meter has also been activated for Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, as well as the southern coasts of Hokkaido, and a minor alert for possible changes in tide levels across the territory’s Pacific coast, where authorities urged people to stay away from the coast.
More than 13,000 people in Hokkaido, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures urged to evacuate to shelters to the risks of the tsunami, according to initial data from the authorities.
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