US EditionThe Science Behind Tsunamis as 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Triggers Waves in Japan, Hawaii and US Coast - Manchester Evening News
TATEYAMA CITY, CHIBA PREFECTURE, JAPAN, JUL 30 – The 8.8 magnitude Kamchatka earthquake triggered tsunami waves that displaced marine life and prompted evacuation orders affecting nearly two million people, officials said.
- Four whales washed ashore in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, after Tuesday’s earthquake and tsunami warnings, footage shows.
- Amid widespread alerts, tsunami warnings were issued across Japan and Pacific regions after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday.
- The agency issued an evacuation advisory to more than 900,000 residents in 133 municipalities, while nearly two million people were asked to evacuate, with no injuries or damages reported.
- Sendai Airport temporarily closed its runway, ferries connecting Hokkaido and Aomori were suspended, and about 4,000 workers at Fukushima Daiichi took shelter on higher ground.
- Higher waves were still arriving, Shiji Kiyomoto, earthquake and tsunami response official at JMA, said, following the sixth largest earthquake with 16-foot waves hitting Russia's Kuril Islands.
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The aerial images show several dead whales beached in Tateyama, Japan. The authorities reported to the Afp that the animals were beached on Tuesday, before the tsunami occurred after the earthquake of magnitude 8.8 recorded 130 km southeast of the Kamkatchka on Wednesday. L'articolo Whaling massacres in Japan: "The cetaceans beached before the tsunami" Video proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.
The unusual phenomenon was broadcast live on Japanese television.
Four whales appeared stranded on the beach of Heisaura, city of Tateyama (Chiba Prefecture, Japan), around 05:00 local time, hours before the Japanese authorities issued a tsunami alert after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake on the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka. A man who went out to check the height of the waves before going surfing saw the four whales on the shore and recorded a video in which several whales can be seen moving their fins, according…
Whales wash ashore in Japan after huge 8.7-magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami - The Mirror
One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded has sparked tsunami warnings in areas in Japan, the US, Hawaii and South America after it struck near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula this morning
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