TOKYO: Japan has issued a major tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central region, BBC reported.
Residents in the coastal Noto area in Ishikawa prefecture were asked to “evacuate immediately to higher ground,” according to the national broadcaster NHK.
The first tsunami waves, some more than a meter high, have reached the coast in Ishikawa prefecture – but authorities have warned of waves as high as 5m, the report said.
Local media say it’s the first time a major tsunami warning has been issued since the 2011 earthquake in Japan.
Authorities have also issued tsunami warnings for neighboring Niigata and Toyama prefectures, warning that waves there could reach 3m.
No irregularities have been reported from nuclear power plants along the Sea of Japan, the country’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said.
(Inputs from BBC)
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