{"id":1384265,"date":"2026-04-20T15:07:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/japan-shaken-by-powerful-earthquake-people-urged-to-evacuate\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:07:01","slug":"japan-shaken-by-powerful-earthquake-people-urged-to-evacuate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/japan-shaken-by-powerful-earthquake-people-urged-to-evacuate\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan shaken by powerful earthquake: people urged to evacuate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A powerful earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning and urge people to evacuate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/world\/japan-tsunami-alert-powerful-7-4-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-sanriku-coast\/bdd4896e-6e92-4db7-a23a-3b5f5c3fdc8e?utm_term=news_current_affairs&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_content=feed&#038;utm_campaign=9%20News%20Queensland&#038;utm_source=facebook&#038;fbclid=IwY2xjawRS7qhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF2QUxlTEE2YWNVOFRzZGxkc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmSIt-xGUnqye9QhnDgaJD4Gxljoll6kDC-sSNQbkUIG_vsI2xWdiDD0JlCj_aem_ui69WyVCiGA-amoES48szw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is reported by<\/a> 9news.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"758\" data-end=\"857\"> The tremors were recorded off the coast of Sanriku. The preliminary magnitude of the earthquake was 7.4-7.5 points.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"1016\"> Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged residents of affected areas to immediately leave danger zones and be prepared for new aftershocks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1384265-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"864\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9423.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9423.mp4\">https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9423.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1384265-2\" width=\"1280\" height=\"736\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9424.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9424.mp4\">https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9424.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1018\" data-end=\"1171\"> The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning, with waves expected to reach heights of up to 3 meters and reach the country&#8217;s coast.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1242\"> The government has created an operational headquarters to respond to the emergency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning and urge people to evacuate. This is reported by 9news. The tremors were recorded off the coast of Sanriku. The preliminary magnitude of the earthquake was 7.4-7.5 points. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged residents of affected areas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1384244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76870,76871],"class_list":["post-1384265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-world","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1384244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}