Tsunami warning issued after 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook northern Japan on Dec. 8, prompting warnings of a tsunami as high as 10-feet and triggering evacuation orders.

The earthquake struck at 11:15 p.m. local time and was centered off the coast of Aomori prefecture, located on the northern tip of Japan's main island, Honshu.

Multiple prefectures across northern Japan were under tsunami warnings, including Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate. A tsunami advisory was issued for Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, according to NHK, a public broadcaster in Japan.

According to the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center, no tsunamis are expected in Alaska, Hawaii or the West Coast states of California, Oregon and Washington.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tsunami-warning-issued-7-6-145655402.html

[undergrounddemsunite]

1. Scary

These types of warnings always give me the chills...

[RazorbackExpat]

2. A 7.6 offshore earthquake (now downgraded to 7.5) generally isn't intensive enough

to generate a major tsunami, and no tsunami damage has apparently been reported with this quake. But given this area's experience with the 2011 tsunami, they had to err on the side of caution.