00:00 A powerful earthquake and tsunami strikes central Japan and its western coast Monday,
00:06 January 1
00:07 Public broadcaster NHK reports, the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6, triggered
00:13 waves of around 1 meter along parts of the Sea of Japan coast with a larger wave expected
00:19 The Japan Meteorological Agency issues tsunami warnings for the coastal prefectures of Ishikawa,
00:25 Niigata and Toyama
00:27 Russia also issues tsunami warnings in its far eastern cities of Vladivostok and Nakhotka
00:33 Authorities are still assessing the extent of the damage
00:37 Utilities provider Hokuriku Electric Power says more than 36,000 households lost power
00:42 in Ishikawa and Toyama
00:45 High-speed rail services to Ishikawa are suspended while telecom operators Softbank and KDDI
00:51 report phone and internet service disruptions in Ishikawa and Niigata
00:55 No irregularities were confirmed at nuclear power plants along the Sea of Japan
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