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Japan Refines Tsunami Data From December M7.5 Quake, Confirms 64 cm Peak at Kuji

The JMA urges continued preparedness after recording tsunami across five prefectures.

Overview

  • Updated observations show a maximum tsunami height of 64 cm at Kuji Port in Iwate and 50 cm at Urakawa in Hokkaido.
  • Tsunami waves were recorded across five prefectures, including Aomori, Miyagi and Fukushima, according to the JMA.
  • The magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck on December 8 off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture.
  • More than 50 earthquakes of intensity 1 or greater followed the main shock, with activity easing but ongoing.
  • The JMA issued the HokkaidoSanriku offshore later-earthquake caution advisory for the first time after the event.