{"id":192949,"date":"2025-12-09T04:14:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T04:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/tsunami-warning-issued-after-7-6-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-japan-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T04:14:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T04:14:15","slug":"tsunami-warning-issued-after-7-6-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-japan-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/tsunami-warning-issued-after-7-6-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-japan-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsunami warning issued after 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<br \/>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&#8217;s main island, Honshu.<br \/>Multiple prefectures across northern Japan were under tsunami warnings, including Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate. A tsunami advisory was issued for Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, <a href=https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/en\/news\/20251209_02\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>according to NHK<\/a>, a public broadcaster in Japan.<br \/>According to the\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/x.com\/NWS_NTWC\/status\/1998038030117175578 target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center<\/a>, no tsunamis are expected in Alaska, Hawaii or the West Coast states of California, Oregon and Washington.<br \/>Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said at a news conference that authorities were assessing the damage. Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Minoru told reporters that the strongest tremors were recorded in the city of Hachinohe.<br \/>NHK reported that multiple people were injured at a hotel in Aomori. The broadcaster also reported that authorities were assessing nuclear power plants.<br \/>Officials ordered residents to evacuate parts of Hokkaido, as trains and air travel delays piled up.<br \/>Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries on the planet due to its location on the &#8220;Ring of Fire,&#8221; where volcanic arcs and oceanic trenches partly encircle the Pacific Basin.<br \/><em>This story will be updated.<\/em><br \/><em>Contributing: Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOanhiY2VyNGZFYzZRTk1hcVlCQnRNcmhDakZ6d0owRDNkLWVzWEFXcDVaZEtMLVptUFQwVnpkYWNBZnBJSVhsX2k0ZVBfSW9rLUUyMmM4c2l4RUZGaGx3OVZ6Z2RTT0hmM0VmUXB0bll0SVNRN3hMRUdtenFMNG9Sc3J0STNSRG0xUElfb0N3QnZ1Q19r?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s main island, Honshu.Multiple prefectures across northern Japan were under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-192949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}