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Tsunami of 1.3 Feet Height Recorded Near World's Largest NPP in Japan - TEPCO

© AP PhotoPhoto of the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kariwa Nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata prefecture, 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest of Tokyo.
Photo of the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kariwa Nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata prefecture, 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest of Tokyo.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 01.01.2024
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TOKYO (Sputnik) - A 0.4 meters (1.3 feet) high tsunami was recorded near the world's largest nuclear power plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on Friday.
No emergency situations have been recorded at the plant's nuclear facilities, the Fukui prefecture Security Committee said.
A tsunami threat has been issued for all the western coast of Japan from the northern island of Hokkaido to the southern island of Kyushu while a threat of the great tsunami has been declared in the Ishikawa prefecture after a number of the earthquakes, the agency reported.
An aerial view shows the quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Japanese town of Futaba, Fukushima prefecture on March 12, 2011. (File) - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.04.2019
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Starting from 16:06 local time (07:06 GMT), nine earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 4.3 to 7.6 took place in the area of Ishikawa and Niigata prefectures.
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