Major earthquake hits Aomori, Japan

[RazorbackExpat]

This just popped up on Japanese TV and has been verified by Yahoo Weather Japan.

https://typhoon.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/earthquake/

Aomori is in the northernmost part of the island of Honshu. The earthquake registered 7.6 on the Richter scale, and 6+ on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, one point below "catastrophic." A tsunami warning has been issued for Japan's Pacific coast from FukushimaPrefecture all the way up through Hokkaido. People along the coast are being advised to evacuate.

[wiggs]

1. Dang, that's a big one. nt

[RazorbackExpat]

3. It happened at around 11:15 p.m. Japan time

So it was dark at the time. A 6+ indeed is pretty nasty. I wonder what the daylight will reveal?

They've still got the evacuation notice on the TV. They're warning that a 10ft tsunami could occur in certain places in the northeast. But so far, the highest observed has been about 1.5 feet.

[MineralMan]

2. The Ring of Fire Has Woken Up.

Look out!

[RazorbackExpat]

4. There was a 7.0 in coastal Alaska yesterday

So yeah, it's getting a little unsettling

[RazorbackExpat]

5. The earthquake caused some damage

There were a few fires, a bit of road damage, some interior damage like things thrown off of shelves, and a few injuries but no reported deaths. There are more than 28,000 people in shelters. There was also a 6.4 aftershock about a half hour ago, but it didn't cause much damage.