{"id":326659,"date":"2026-04-20T21:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=326659"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:28:46","slug":"first-tsunami-wave-reaches-coast-of-iwate-prefecture-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=326659","title":{"rendered":"First tsunami wave reaches coast of Iwate prefecture in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>MOSCOW, April 20 (Bernama-Sputnik\/RIA Novosti) &#8212; The first tsunami wave\u2013 40 cm (15.7 inches) in height \u2013 has reached the coast of the Iwate prefecture in Japan, according to the\u00a0<em>NHK\u00a0<\/em>broadcaster on Monday, reported Sputnik\/RIA Novosti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&nbsp;said the Japanese authorities are checking the operation of nuclear power plants after the powerful earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Tohoku Electric Power, Onagawa NPP in the Miyagi prefecture is being checked for possible deviations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operator of Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) announced that the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture is being checked for possible new anomalies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A similar check is being carried out at the Fukushima-2 nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&nbsp;added that&nbsp;<em>Kyodo news agency<\/em>&nbsp;reported that no emergencies were recorded at Fukushima-1 and Fukushima-2 nuclear power plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the day, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said that a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred in the northern part of the Japanese island of Honshu in the Pacific Ocean in the area of Aomori and Iwate prefectures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NHK<\/em>&nbsp;reported&nbsp;that a tsunami was recorded at sea, approaching the Japanese prefectures of Iwate and Aomori.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The maximum force of the tremors was 5+ points on a seven-point scale adopted in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tsunami threat was&nbsp;declared on the Pacific coast from the northernmost island of Hokkaido to the north of Honshu Island. It was also&nbsp;extended to the east coast of northern Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA-SPUTNIK\/RIA NOVOSTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW, April 20 (Bernama-Sputnik\/RIA Novosti) &#8212; The first tsunami wave\u2013 40 cm (15.7 inches) in height \u2013 has reached the coast of the Iwate prefecture in Japan, according to the\u00a0NHK\u00a0broadcaster on Monday, reported Sputnik\/RIA Novosti. It&nbsp;said the Japanese authorities are checking the operation of nuclear power plants after the powerful earthquake. According to Tohoku Electric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,288],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326659"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326660,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326659\/revisions\/326660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}