Current Situation: Post-Earthquake Update
🇯🇵 Current Situation: Post-Earthquake Update A magnitude-7-class earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan late on December 8, affecting areas around Aomori Prefecture and neighboring regions. Widespread shaking was reported across coastal and inland zones. Immediately after the quake, authorities issued tsunami warnings along several prefectures’ coastlines and ordered coastal residents to evacuate to higher ground. Emergency alerts, sirens, and evacuation advisories were broadcast widely. Over the next hours, tsunami waves that arrived at the coast were much lower than initially feared — in many affected areas, wave heights stayed well under one meter. As a result, tsunami warnings were downgraded to advisories , then lifted completely. Preliminary assessments show no major structural damage . There have been reports of minor injuries (mostly due to falling objects and indoor shaking), and a handful of small-scale damages — such as cracked plaster or top...