00:00A magnitude 7.5 quake shook northern Japan in the middle of the night.
00:18Earthquake sirens echoed throughout the region,
00:21waking up residents and urging them to get to safety.
00:24Dozens of people were injured by fallen objects,
00:27including one man whose car fell into a sinkhole.
00:3190,000 people were ordered to evacuate.
00:34Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae said an emergency response office
00:38was activated minutes after the tremor
00:40and is keeping close tabs on regional damage.
00:44We have so far received reports of 30 injuries and one residential fire.
00:50We are continuing efforts to release information on the relevant damage.
00:57The quake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan,
01:03triggering tsunamis as high as 70 centimeters in some areas.
01:08Local weather officials said the waves posed no immediate danger
01:11and lifted tsunami warnings after a few hours.
01:15But they're urging the country to stay vigilant,
01:18as strong aftershocks may strike at any moment.
01:21Please remain vigilant for earthquakes of similar scale to this one,
01:26measuring over level 6 out of 7 for up to the next week,
01:30and in particular, over the next two to three days.
01:34Japan wasn't the only country to experience an overnight earthquake.
01:38On Taiwan's east coast,
01:40a magnitude 5.7 quake struck only three hours before the one in Japan.
01:44The Central Weather Administration told Taiwan Plus
01:48that the two quakes are too far apart and are likely unrelated.
01:52And any more quakes near Japan will not affect Taiwan.
01:55In Japan, it's the first time authorities have ever issued a post-earthquake warning
02:15for a possible follow-up tremor.
02:18With a mega quake equivalent to a magnitude 8 expected,
02:22residents will be on alert for an even bigger seismic event to come.
02:27Howard Zhang and Irene Lin for Taiwan Plus.
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