Small tsunami waves in Japan after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake

Japan announced on Sunday that waves A small tsunami struck its coast overlooking the North Pacific Ocean after an earthquake at sea with a magnitude of 6.7.

The first Tsunami waves Mikayo in Iwate at 17:37 (08:37 GMT), but they were so small that the Japan Meteorological Agency said they were unable to measure their size.

Two minutes later, a 10-centimetre wave reached Ofunato, according to the agency.

The earthquake occurred at approximately 17:03 (08:03 GMT) in the sea off Iwate, causing A warning was issued of a possible tsunami whose waves could reach a height of one meter, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency.

The US Geological Survey reported that the magnitude of the earthquake reached 6.8 degrees.

The Japanese Meteorological Agency reported that "A tsunami warning has been issued" to the coast of Iwate, warning that waves may arrive at any moment.

The first earthquake was followed by aftershocks whose magnitude ranged between 5.3 and 6.3 degrees, according to the authority.
The sea appeared calm, according to a live television broadcast.

The same area was struck by six earthquakes at sea on Sunday morning, whose magnitude ranged between 4.8 and 5.8 degrees, which were barely felt by residents on land and did not cause any warnings to be issued. Tsunami.

This region witnessed a huge undersea earthquake with a magnitude of nine in 2011, causing a tsunami that left about 18,500 dead or missing.

The tsunami then caused severe damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, causing the worst post-war disaster in Japan and the worst nuclear accident in the world since Chernobyl.

Japan is located on four plates. Major tectonics on the western edge of"Ring of fire" It is one of the most seismically active countries in the world.

The archipelago, which has about 125 million people, witnesses about 1,500 earthquakes every year.

Although most of them are usually mild, the damage they cause varies according to their location and depth under the surface of the earth.