According to the official measurement of the China Seismological Network, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred off the west coast of Honshu, Japan at 15:10 Beijing time on January 1 (16:10 local time on January 1). The focal depth was 30 kilometers and the epicenter was located at 37.50 degrees north latitude and 137.20 degrees east longitude. It is reported that,
CCTV quoted the Korea Meteorological Administration as issuing an alert saying that at 18:30 local time on January 1, a tsunami with a height of about 0.5 meters will reach Gangneung in northeastern South Korea. After that, the tsunami will reach the Goseong area further north at around 18:48, and the tsunami will reach the Pohang area in the southeast at around 19:17.
The Korea Meteorological Administration stated that although the maximum wave height of the tsunami is currently predicted to be 0.5 meters, due to the upward adjustment of the scale of the earthquake in Japan, sea level rise may change, and further observation of the occurrence of tsunamis is still needed.
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The latest news from Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) stated that according to interviews with local fire departments and hospitals, many people had been injured as of 6 pm local time on the 1st after the earthquake.
According to Japanese media reports,
The Japan Meteorological Agency held an emergency press conference at 18:10 local time on the 1st, once again calling on people in tsunami warning areas to evacuate immediately, and reminded people in earthquake areas to pay attention to the possibility of another earthquake with a magnitude of around 7 in the next week, especially in the next two or three days.