Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Japan, tsunami warning issued

A powerful earthquake measuring a 7 on the Japanese scale — the strongest on the scale — rocked central Japan on Monday, prompting a tsunami warning for a broad swath of the country’s western coast.

The tsunami warning urged people to quickly leave coastal areas of Ishikawa, Niigata, Toyama and Yamagata prefectures, with waves of up to 5 meters predicted for the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa, NHK reported. The quake, which struck on New Year’s Day, was felt in Tokyo and across the Kanto area.

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