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Japan: M7.5 Quake Hits Off Aomori Prefecture, Tsunami Warning Issued

A powerful Magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck offshore at 11:15 PM in Japan, leading to immediate tsunami warnings and evacuation orders for residents. Warnings for waves up to 3 meters (10 ft) were issued for the north-eastern coast, specifically the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori, and Iwate. Tsunamis between 20 and 50 cm (7-18 inches) high were subsequently observed at several ports in the region. Furthermore, authorities are cautioning the public that "there is a possibility of even more powerful tremors." They also urged attention be paid to the potential for a larger subsequent earthquake.

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(2)Photos from tsunami-hit southern Thailand

PHUKET, Thailand - A boat moved several hundred meters inland from a beach by the Dec. 26 tsunamis attracts attention in the southern Thai province of Phangnga on Jan. 7.

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(3)Photos from tsunami-hit southern Thailand

PHUKET, Thailand - Workers in Phangnga, southern Thailand, construct temporary shelters on Jan. 7 for people displaced by tsunamis. The temporary houses are high-floored to prevent snakes and scorpions from entering.

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(2)Photos from tsunami-hit Asian countries

GALLE, Sri Lanka - Workers remove train cars derailed by tsunamis in Galle, southern Sri Lanka, on Jan. 6.

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(1)Sri Lanka asks Japan for reconstruction aid

AMBALANGODA, Sri Lanka - A girl in the southern Sri Lankan town of Ambalangoda heavily damaged by quake-triggered tsunamis on Dec. 26 smiles after receiving bottles of water from a relief team on Jan. 5. Sri Lanka called on Japan to provide not only emergency aid but also reconstruction assistance for the country.

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(2) Sri Lanka asks Japan for reconstruction aid after tsunamis

AMBALANGODA, Sri Lanka - Children in the southern Sri Lankan town of Ambalangoda heavily damaged by quake-triggered tsunamis on Dec. 26 carry bottle of water they received from a relief team on Jan. 5. Sri Lanka called on Japan to provide not only emergency aid but also reconstruction assistance for the country.

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(1)Scenes after Dec. 26 quake-tsunami disaster

ACEH, Indonesia - Villagers in the Indonesian province of Aceh sit down Jan. 1 amid devastation caused by the Dec. 26 earthquake off Sumatra Island and resulting tsunamis.

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Top of Cape Pakarang disappeared in quake-tsunami disaster

KHAOLAK, Thailand - Members of a Japanese team researching the effect of the Dec. 26 quake-tsunami disaster stand on Cape Pakarang in the resort town of Khaolak, southern Thailand, on Jan. 2. The top of the cape, located some 200 meters ahead of them, collapsed and disappeared as a result of the tsunamis. Black spots seen in the sea are the stumps of trees felled in the disaster.

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Japanese rescue team in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Members of a Japanese relief team sent to Sri Lanka to help the victims of the powerful tsunamis that hit wide areas in Asia and Africa leave Colombo for the southern coastal areas of the country on Dec. 28.

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4 Japanese confirmed among quake dead, more likely

PHUKET, Thailand - Shigeki Kakinoki arrives at Phuket International Airport on the Thai resort island of Phuket on Dec. 28 to confirm the whereabouts of her daughter Naoko, who are believed to be among four Japanese confirmed dead in the wake of the powerful tsunamis that devastated vast seaside areas in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

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(1)Scenes from Thailand's Phuket

PHUKET, Thailand - A woman carries a photo of her missing husband in Phuket, Thailand, on Dec. 27 after tsunamis triggered by the world's strongest earthquake in 40 years off Sumatra struck beaches and hotels on the resort island.

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Tourist describes huge tsunami sweeping into Thai resort beach

NARITA, Japan - A Japanese tourist arriving home on Dec. 27 from Thailand described the terror of tsunamis she experienced to reporters at Narita airport. Tsunamis caused by the world's strongest earthquake in 40 years struck the beaches and hotels on the resort island of Phuket.

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(2)Scenes from Thailand's Phuket

PHUKET, Thailand - People look at a list of the dead and injured at a hospital in Phuket, Thailand, on Dec. 27. The victims were hit by tsunamis which struck beaches and hotels on the resort island after the world's strongest earthquake in 40 years off Sumatra.

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(3)Quake, tsunamis devastate Southeast, South Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Damaged cars are left on a street in Phuket on Dec. 26 after a tsunami hit the Thai resort island.

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(2)Quake, tsunamis devastate Southeast, South Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - A car wreck is seen among fallen trees in Phangnga Province in southern Thailand on Dec. 26 after the area was hit by a tsunami.

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(1)Quake, tsunamis devastate Southeast, South Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Locals stand on a beach in Phangnga Province in southern Thailand on Dec. 26 after the area was hit by a tsunami in the wake of a powerful earthquake, which centered off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

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Tsunami alert after Chile quake

HONOLULU, United States - Photo shows Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, around 3:30 a.m. on April 2, 2014, the time when a tsunami was expected to arrive. Waves of about 45 centimeters were spotted there, considered a normal height, according to a local official. Tsunamis of over 50 cm were observed in some areas in Hawaii that day after a magnitude 8.2 quake hit Chile on April 1.

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Shipbuilder launches 1st ship after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo New helicopter shows a ceremony held at Yamanishi Co., a shipbuilder in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2012, to launch a ship at its main dockyard that was almost entirely washed away by tsunamis after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.

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Tsunami monitoring room

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in February 2012 shows a room for monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis round-the-clock at the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo.

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Antinuclear protest in U.S.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Sendai residents Hirohide Sakuma (L) and Kyoko Sugasawa (C) address the crowd at an antinuclear protest near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (back) on the California coast on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan that triggered the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Residents near the two-reactor San Onofre plant say its location puts it in danger of earthquakes and possible tsunamis.

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Teaching from ancestors save community from tsunami

MIYAKO, Japan - Photo taken on April 5, 2011, shows a stone tablet in the tsunami-hit city of Miyako's Aneyoshi district, which has an inscription warning against building houses in areas lower than where the stone is set and describing destruction caused by past tsunamis. Eleven houses in the district, home to some 30 residents, were all safe from the March 11 devastating tsunami, despite an estimated record 38.9-meter-high tsunami hitting there, as they heeded the warning left by their predecessors, who set up the stone following the 1933 Showa Sanriku earthquake and tsunami. The Aneyoshi district was thoroughly devastated and almost all its residents were killed in the 1933 tsunami and the 1896 Meiji Sanriku earthquake and tsunami.

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Nissan chief Ghosn in Fukushima Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Carlos Ghosn (L), president of Nissan Motor Co., inspects the company's plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 29, 2011. The area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunamis March 11.

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Two weeks after Japan quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force search through collapsed houses for missing people in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture on March 25, 2011, two weeks after the devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunamis struck the region.

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Two weeks after Japan quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force search through collapsed houses for missing people in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture on March 25, 2011, two weeks after the devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunamis struck the region.

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Two weeks after Japan quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force search through the rubble for missing people in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture on March 25, 2011, two weeks after the devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunamis struck the region.

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Construction of temporary housing starts in quake-hit city

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Construction of some 200 temporary housing units starts on March 19, 2011, in the coastal city of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, which was severely damaged in the mega earthquake and tsunamis.

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Construction of temporary housing starts in quake-hit city

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Construction of some 200 temporary housing units starts on March 19, 2011, in the coastal city of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, which was severely damaged in the mega earthquake and tsunamis.

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Killer quake in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows burnt vehicles that have been swept together at the port of Hitachi in Ibaraki Prefecture on March 12, 2011, after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake hit the country the previous day, triggering massive tsunamis in coastal areas.

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Chile quake tsunamis damage Japan's fisheries industry

OTSUCHI, Japan - Fishermen sort baskets used as farming facilities for scallops on March 24, 2010, after they were pulled out of the sea following damage by tsunamis triggered by a magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chili on Feb. 27. Fisheries businesses in Japan have reported damage of about 6.26 billion yen from the tsunamis.

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Chile quake tsunamis damage Japan's fisheries industry

KESENNUMA, Japan - Fishermen in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2010, pull up netting containing seaweed and plastic bottles used as fishing buoys that was damaged by tsunamis triggered by a magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chile on Feb. 27. Fisheries businesses in Japan have reported damage of about 6.26 billion yen from the tsunamis.

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Chile quake tsunamis damage Japan's fisheries industry

OTSUCHI, Japan - A fisherman in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, carries fishing gear on March 24, 2010, that was damaged by tsunamis triggered by a magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chile on Feb. 27. Fisheries businesses in Japan have reported damage of about 6.26 billion yen from the tsunamis.

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Chile quake aftermath

CONSTITUCION, Chile - A destroyed car is seen in the rubble March 2, 2010, in Constitucion, Chile, which was hit hard by a strong earthquake and tsunamis. Chilean officials said the death toll from the Feb. 27 earthquake reached over 790.

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Chile quake aftermath

CONSTITUCION, Chile - Locals sit among the rubble March 2, 2010, in Constitucion, Chile, which was hit hard by a strong earthquake and tsunamis. Chilean officials said the death toll from the Feb. 27 earthquake reached over 790.

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Chile quake aftermath

CONSTITUCION, Chile - People walk alongside a damaged boat that was washed ashore by quake-generated tsunamis in Constitucion, Chile, on March 2, 2010. Chilean officials said the death toll from the Feb. 27 earthquake reached over 790.

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Japanese research group simulates tsunami

YOKOSUKA, Japan - A 2.5 meter tsunami is generated in a man-made channel at the Port and Airport Research Institute in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 29. The institute developed the 5-meter-deep concrete water tank measuring 184 meters long and 3.5 meters wide to help unravel the destructive mechanism of tsunamis.

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GSDF unit returns from quake relief work in Indonesia

CHITOSE, Japan - Members of a Ground Self-Defense Force unit sent to engage in relief works in Indonesia following the fatal Dec. 26 earthquake and subsequent tsunamis in southern Asia are greeted by fellow GSDF members and family members on returning to their garrison in Chitose, Hokkaido, on March 14.

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(1)Scenes from Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Rice plants lie dead Jan. 27 in the paddies flooded with sea water from the deadly tsunamis that followed the Dec. 26 earthquake off Indonesia's Sumatra.

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2 MSDF ships head to Sumatra for relief mission

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's landing ship Kunisaki leaves the Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 12, along with the replenishment vessel Tokiwa, for a relief mission off Indonesia's Sumatra Island, which was devastated by the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunamis.

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Japanese medical team arrives in Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Members of a medical team sent by the Japanese government arrive at Banda Ache airport on Jan. 11 to join the relief operations for the victims of the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunamis.

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(2)Okushiri Island marks 10th anniversary of deadly quake

OKUSHIRI, Japan - Relatives of people who were killed or went missing after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Okushiri Island, Hokkaido, offer flowers at a memorial ceremony July 12 marking the 10th anniversary of the earthquake. The earthquake left 230 people from the region dead or missing and resulted in 10-meter-high tsunamis.

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11th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquakes

Japan on Friday marked the 11th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated its northeastern region in 2011 and left more than 15,000 dead in the worst natural calamity in the country's postwar history. Infrastructure in the hard-hit areas has largely been rebuilt, but some 38,000 people remain displaced more than a decade after the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuring tsunamis caused widespread damage and triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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Japanese research group simulates tsunami

YOKOSUKA, Japan - A 2.5 meter tsunami is generated in a man-made channel at the Port and Airport Research Institute in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 29. The institute developed the 5-meter-deep concrete water tank measuring 184 meters long and 3.5 meters wide to help unravel the destructive mechanism of tsunamis. (Kyodo)

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(2)Okushiri Island marks 10th anniversary of deadly quake

OKUSHIRI, Japan - Relatives of people who were killed or went missing after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Okushiri Island, Hokkaido, offer flowers at a memorial ceremony July 12 marking the 10th anniversary of the earthquake. The earthquake left 230 people from the region dead or missing and resulted in 10-meter-high tsunamis. (Kyodo)

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10,000 candles lit for tsunami victims

PHUKET, Thailand- People in Thailand on Wednesday light 10,000 candles as they pray for the victims of the the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunamis in Asia. The photo was taken Jan. 5, 2005. (Kyodo)

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M8.3 quake, tsunami hit Chile

Yohei Hasegawa, a Japan Meteorological Agency official in charge of monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015, to brief about a deadly earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M5.2 quake shakes Tokyo

Yohei Hasegawa, a Japan Meteorological Agency official in charge of monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis, attends a press conference in Tokyo after a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 jolted Tokyo and surrounding areas early Sept. 12, 2015. More than 10 people sustained injuries, while rail services in Tokyo suffered minor disruption. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Strong earthquake shakes southern Japan, no tsunami risk

Yohei Hasegawa, a Japan Meteorological Agency official in charge of monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis, holds a press conference in Tokyo after an earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck the southern main island of Kyushu on July 13, 2015. No tsunami was reported. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Strong earthquake shakes southern Japan, no tsunami risk

Yohei Hasegawa, a Japan Meteorological Agency official in charge of monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis, holds a press conference in Tokyo after an earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck the southern main island of Kyushu on July 13, 2015. No tsunami was reported. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M5.5 quake hits Kanto region, no tsunami warning issued

Yohei Hasegawa, a Japan Meteorological Agency official in charge of monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck the Kanto region in eastern Japan on May 25, 2015. There were no immediate reports of damage and injuries, and no tsunami warning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M5.5 quake hits Kanto region, no tsunami warning issued

Yohei Hasegawa, a Japan Meteorological Agency official in charge of monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck the Kanto region in eastern Japan on May 25, 2015. There were no immediate reports of damage and injuries, and no tsunami warning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo