5.9 magnitude earthquake, tsunamis in many places

On the morning of September 24, many tsunamis occurred in the archipelago area south of the Japanese capital Tokyo after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of this country.

Japan recorded a 5.9 magnitude earthquake on the morning of September 23 off the southern islands of the country. (Source: Istock)

AP news agency reported that according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), a 50cm high tsunami occurred on Hachijo Island at 8:58 a.m. (local time, or 6:58 a.m. the same day, Vietnam time). In addition, a 10cm high wave was also recorded on Miyake Island.

Earlier, the JMA also issued a tsunami warning for the Izu and Ogasawara Islands (Southern Japan), calling on people to stay away from coastal areas after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred offshore in the morning of the same day.

The earthquake occurred at 8:14 a.m. local time (6:14 a.m. the same day Vietnam time), with the epicenter located in the sea near Torishima Island (Izu Islands) at a depth of 10 km.

In a warning issued for the Izu and Ogasawara islands, the JMA stressed that tsunami waves up to 1 meter high were rapidly forming and could hit the coastal area on the morning of September 24.

There are currently no reports of casualties in this earthquake.

Lying along the " Pacific Ring of Fire", the world's most active earthquake tectonic belt, Japan experiences about 1,500 earthquakes a year, most of them small.

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