Potent Tremor Rattles Western Japan on Calm New Year's Day

The seismic intensity level recorded in each area as of 4:10 p.m. on Jan. 1 (Japan Meteorological Agency)

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Orders Emergency Response to Ishikawa Earthquake, Tsunami

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WAJIMA, Ishikawa

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NHK TV warns of 5-meter (16.5 feet) water torrents

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Image Source : Kyodo / Reuters

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