Strong earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shaking on wednesday morning Taipei, capital of TaiwanThis was reported by the Central Meteorological Administration of Taiwan.

According to an eyewitness, as a result of the tremors, several areas of the city were left without electricity. Reuters.

The earthquake forced the release Tsunami Alert for Okinawa Archipelago (southern Japan) with waves up to 3 meters.

Japan released coastal evacuation notice in southern Okinawa prefecture after a strong earthquake triggered a tsunami warning.

Tsunami waves of up to 3 meters high are expected to reach large areas of Japan’s southwest coast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The alert came after a very small earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 shook the ocean off Taiwan.

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A A 30-centimeter tsunami hit Yonaguni Island. at 9:18 a.m. (0018 GMT), according to the JMA.

On New Year’s Day, Japan was rocked by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake.

On New Year’s Day, Japan was rocked by its worst earthquake in eight years when a magnitude 7.6 tremor struck Ishikawa Prefecture on the west coast.

The earthquake killed more than 230 people.as a result of which 44,000 houses were completely or partially destroyed.

Japan, one of the most seismically active regions in the world, experiences frequent earthquakes.

About one-fifth of the world’s earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater occur in Japan.

On March 11, 2011, the northeast coast was rocked by a magnitude 9 earthquake, the strongest in Japanese history, and a powerful tsunami.

These events triggered the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl a quarter of a century ago.

In turn, the Tsunami Warning Center of the Ministry of the Navy stated that sea level fluctuations are not expected on the country’s coasts. (According to Reuters and EFE)