Homes have been flattened, and roads torn to pieces after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck near the Noto peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture on Monday 1 January, 2024.
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| The Japan Meteorological Agency said the country had been hit by 155 earthquakes since the initial tremor on Monday. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters via Al Jazeera |
The massive disaster led to Japan’s first major Tsunami warning since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that had about 18,500 people declared dead or missing in the Northeast.
