00:00Now, after powerful earthquake strikes near Japan, tsunami warning has been issued in Japan.
00:05Evacuation orders have been issued.
00:08Tsunami warning has been issued for Japan's northeast coast.
00:12Two 40-centimeter tsunami waves were reported on the coast.
00:17That's the reports just coming in.
00:19This is going to be a very intense night for people in Japan, especially the administration.
00:26There was a massive earthquake.
00:28Some of the reports suggest it was a little over 7 on the Richter scale.
00:34And post the earthquake strikes, there have been tsunami warnings.
00:38A reminder of what happened during the tsunami in Japan when the nuclear facilities were impacted.
00:44But what will happen now and is it going to have a major impact or something we will have to wait and see.
00:50Those are visuals of the earthquake.
00:52You can see the entire area was shaken.
00:56Pranapadhyay, my colleague, joining me for more on this, Pranapadhyay.
01:00Massive earthquake and now a tsunami warning.
01:02Absolutely, Geeta.
01:05Japan is not a stranger to the seismic activity.
01:07But this is a 7.6 magnitude earthquake which jorted Japan.
01:12And that to be the northernmost prefecture of Japan, Omori.
01:15People have been asked to stay away from the coast.
01:18And have been asked to go to the safer places.
01:22And the tsunami warning has already been issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
01:28The around 20 inch is the prediction of the tsunami waves.
01:32As per the latest information, the visuals are clearly showing the impact.
01:37You know how massive this earthquake was.
01:397.6 is a huge magnitude.
01:42And the tsunami warning and the geodes have also been experienced in the Hokkaido and Honshu provinces of Japan.
01:50You know that Japan has faced the earthquake and has experienced the earthquake of magnitude up to 9 in 2011 when we had the Fukushima disaster.
01:59And even before that, Japan sits on the, Japan is situated on the ring of fire in the Pacific Ocean.
02:06So this earthquake also came in the Pacific Ocean.
02:08And the tsunami warning has been issued.
02:10But we are yet to get the further information as per as the damages are concerned, Geeta.
02:16Well, that's right.
02:17Like you said, 7.6 magnitude on the Richter scale.
02:20That's massive.
02:21And we do see some of the visuals and photos that are coming in of the damage that that has caused.
02:26That certainly is a matter for concern and scare.
02:30But in terms of not what the impact of the earthquake is, because Pranay, you've reported from Japan and know how resilient it is when it comes to earthquakes.
02:39But not so much when it comes to tsunamis.
02:44You're right, Geeta.
02:45But as far as Japan is concerned, you have also reported there.
02:49And we have seen that, you know, how the disaster resilient infrastructure has been developed by Japan.
02:53And in the recent past also, we have seen that how earthquakes have brought to Japan.
02:58But Japan has its own resilience as well as experience.
03:02To deal with such a situation, we have seen that the post Fukushima disaster of Japan in 2011,
03:10Japan has built further more structures.
03:13And, you know, they brought changes in their SOPs as well.
03:17So, we are here to get the further information that what exactly is the magnitude of the damage suffered in the Omori Frog Prefecture of Japan and the other associated areas.
03:29Because these geodes were widespread have been experienced in the provinces of Hokkaidu and Honshu as well.
03:35And this is the northernmost part of Japan.
03:40So, you know, this earthquake, you know, the epicentre of this earthquake 7.6 rictor scale earthquake was actually 50 miles, you know, east of the Omori prefecture of the coast.
03:54The epicentre was in the sea.
03:57So, therefore, there are high chances of having a tsunami wave.
04:01But the official confirmation of tsunami is not there as yet.
04:06Only the Japanese maritime agency and the Japanese, you know, the meteorological department has issued a warning.
04:12And people have been asked to stay away from the coast.
04:16And people, around 1 lakh people, according to some media reports, there are around 1 lakh people are affected.
04:21And they have been asked to go to safer places and go to dojo shelters.
04:26That's right.
04:26The Japanese meteorological agency is also the disaster management agencies in the areas are going to monitor through the night.
04:34Pranav Padhya, thank you so much for joining us.
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