Japan panel warns of mega-earthquake and tsunami waves over 30-meter high.
Japan Earthquake, Tsunami Warning Latest: According to the warning by a group of experts including scientists, tsunami waves as high as 30 metres could be triggered in northern Japan if an earthquake of magnitude 9 occurs along the sea trenches of the pacific coast.
A Japanese panel of experts have warned of a massive earthquake off the pacific coast in Japan Trench was imminent. The quake can produce tsunami waves as high as 30 metres. (File Photo, USGS)
Japan Tsunami Warning Latest: A Japanese government panel on Tuesday warned of a massive tsunami and mega earthquake. The group of experts warned of mega-earthquake centred around the Japan Trench and the Kuril Trench off northern parts of Japan calling it “imminent." According to the report by the scientists and experts, tsunami waves as high as 30 metres could be triggered if an earthquake of magnitude 9 occurs along the sea trenches of the pacific coast, the Japan Times reported.
Earlier on Saturday (April 18) a strong earthquake shook a Japanese island chain in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo but passed off without damage as it occurred in the Pacific Ocean west of the Ogasawara island chain, at a location about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of Tokyo, as per the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Japan Trench which is in the centre of this mega-quake and tsunami warning, is an oceanic trench part of the Pacific Ring of Fire off northeast Japan. It extends from the Kuril Islands to the northern end of the Izu Islands and is 8,046 metres (26,398 ft) at its deepest. It links the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench to the north and the Izu-Ogasawara Trench to its south with a length of 800 kilometres (500 mi).
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Source:India TV NEWS DESK April 22, 2020 16:05 IST
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Japan Tsunami Warning Latest: A Japanese government panel on Tuesday warned of a massive tsunami and mega earthquake. The group of experts warned of mega-earthquake centred around the Japan Trench and the Kuril Trench off northern parts of Japan calling it “imminent." According to the report by the scientists and experts, tsunami waves as high as 30 metres could be triggered if an earthquake of magnitude 9 occurs along the sea trenches of the pacific coast, the Japan Times reported.
Earlier on Saturday (April 18) a strong earthquake shook a Japanese island chain in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo but passed off without damage as it occurred in the Pacific Ocean west of the Ogasawara island chain, at a location about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of Tokyo, as per the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Japan Trench which is in the centre of this mega-quake and tsunami warning, is an oceanic trench part of the Pacific Ring of Fire off northeast Japan. It extends from the Kuril Islands to the northern end of the Izu Islands and is 8,046 metres (26,398 ft) at its deepest. It links the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench to the north and the Izu-Ogasawara Trench to its south with a length of 800 kilometres (500 mi).
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Source:India TV NEWS DESK April 22, 2020 16:05 IST
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