Japan, tsunami and megaquake
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Japan's Hokkaido–Sanriku coastal region is under a rare "subsequent earthquake" advisory following a strong magnitude 7.5 quake off Aomori on December 8, which caused injuries and triggered tsunami warnings.
Travel and Tour World reports that across Japan’s airports (which include Tokyo Haneda, New Chitose, Fukuoka, Osaka Itami and Sendai) 119 flights were cancelled and a whopping 755 were delayed, including the services run by operators ANA Wings, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines.
A MEGA 5.7 magnitude tremor has struck Hokkaido, Japan, only days after another quake threatened massive 10ft tsunami waves. Japan’s weather agency issued its first-ever megaquake warning in
Japan is among the most earthquake-prone nations in the world, due to its location along the volatile Pacific Ring of Fire.
The latest cause for alarm is a grim prediction: a massive tsunami striking Japan in July 2025. Interest in the manga resurfaced after readers linked it to events such as the 1995 Kobe earthquake and the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.