HUGE 7.5 Earthquake Hits Japan Today ๐จ Tsunami Warnings Issued for Hokkaido and Iwate as Residents Flee to Higher Ground! ๐
HUGE 7.5 Earthquake Hits Japan Today ๐จ Tsunami Warnings Issued for Hokkaido and Iwate as Residents Flee to Higher Ground! ๐ The ground didn't just shake in Northern Japan today, it sent a definitive, terrifying reminder that nature doesn't care about our schedules or our sense of security. The sheer scale of the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck off the Sanriku coast at 4:53 p.m. local time on Monday is enough to make anyone’s heart drop, especially when you realize it occurred at a depth of only 6 miles. When the earth shifts that violently and that shallowly under the ocean floor, the water has nowhere to go but up and out. We are currently watching a real time crisis unfold in Northern Japan, where the Japan Meteorological Agency has been forced to issue urgent tsunami alerts for the coasts of Iwate, Aomori, and Hokkaido. The memories of March 11, 2011, are naturally flooding back for everyone watching the news, as that historic disaster also devastated this exact regi...