00:05A powerful earthquake has struck off the northern Japanese coast and the Japan Metrological Agency
00:12has issued a tsunami alert in the region. A tsunami of up to 3 meters, that is 10 feet,
00:20could hit the area according to the Japan Agency. In addition to the tsunami alert in Iwate and
00:26Aomori to the north and southeastern Hokkaido, the agency has also issued a milder tsunami
00:33advisory for the coasts of Miyagi and Fukushima, south of the epicenter of this earthquake.
00:39Japanese Prime Minister Sanei Takechi has issued evacuation orders to citizens in these affected
00:47areas after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck off the northeastern coast of Japan.
01:21A tsunami alert issued in Japan after a 7.5% of the
01:26magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan. The powerful earthquake has raised
01:36tsunami fears. Of course, we also just heard from the Japanese Prime Minister who's issued
01:44evacuation orders for citizens in the likely affected areas. Now, this quake, which registered
01:51a magnitude of 7.4% of the coast of San Riku in northern Japan around 4.53pm in Japan,
02:01which is about
02:027.53 GMT at a depth of about 10 kilometers below the sea's surface. And there have been reports of
02:13railway disruptions in Japan after this earthquake. And of course, the risk of tsunamis has been the warning
02:23that has come in from the Japanese Meteorological Department. In the northern Japanese coast, the tsunami
02:31alert that has been issued for these affected areas. The Iwate, Aomori to the north and southeastern Hokkaido,
02:39as well as coasts of Miyagi and Fukushima.
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