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Japan issues tsunami warning after powerful offshore earthquake

TB (according to VNA) September 24, 2024 11:58

The Japan Meteorological Agency stressed that tsunami waves up to 1 meter high are rapidly forming and could hit coastal areas on the morning of September 24.

Nhật Bản đã ban hành cảnh báo sóng thần dọc các quần đảo Izu và Ogasawara. (Nguồn: Reuters)
Japan has issued a tsunami warning along the Izu and Ogasawara islands.

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning on the morning of September 24, urging people to stay away from the coast after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the country's islands earlier in the day.

In a warning issued for the Izu and Ogasawara Islands (southern Japan), the Japan Meteorological Agency stressed that tsunami waves up to 1 meter high were rapidly forming and could hit the coastal area on the morning of September 24.

The earthquake occurred at 8:14 a.m. local time (6:14 a.m. the same day Vietnam time), with its epicenter in the sea near the Torishima archipelago, at a depth of 10km.

TB (according to VNA)
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