01-01-2024
Early
this morning, the west shore of Japan was hit by a strength 7.5
earthquake. Right away, a warning was broadcasted, telling folks to
flee to higher ground, as the quake likely made big waves.
Before the big quake, there was a strength 5.5 foreshock, and not long
after the main quake, there was a strength 6.2 aftershock. Altogether
at least 50 houses fell in on themselves, and tens of thousands of
homes lost their lights. So far there are 3 known deaths, and nearly
100 folks wounded.
Broadcasters said the earthquake could have made waves up to 16 feet
high. However since the first warning was put out, it has now been
lowered to a lesser wave warning. Notwithstanding, everyone is still
readying themselves for the worst, with even South Korea warning about
rising water heights.
This is not the first time Japan has dealt with big earthquakes and
flooding. One of the worst was in 2011 when a strength 9.1 earthquake
on Japan's eastern shore led to widespread flooding that killed nearly
20 thousand folks.