At least 215 people killed in Japan earthquakes

At least 215 people were killed and 38 are still missing in Ishikawa Prefecture after a series of earthquakes struck Japan on January 1, local authorities said on January 12, adding 567 others were injured in the quake, Report informs referring to CGTN.

On the first day of 2024, a series of large earthquakes occurred in the Noto Peninsula area of Ishikawa Prefecture on the west coast of Japan, the strongest of which was magnitude 7.6. The earthquakes prompted a tsunami warning for the entire west coast of the country from north to south, followed by a major tsunami warning for the first time since 2011. In a number of places on the coast, the tsunami height was 4.2 meters.