Japan’s<\/a> Fire and Disaster Management Agency said 33 people were injured, including one seriously, with most hurt by falling objects.<\/p>\n Image: A tsunami<\/a> of 70cm was measured just south of Aomori, in Kuji port, Iwate prefecture, while levels of up to 50cm struck elsewhere in the region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.<\/p>\n “I’ve never experienced such a big shaking,” said Nobuo Yamada, who owns a convenience store in Hachinohe, Aomori, in an interview with public broadcaster NHK.<\/p>\n Earlier on, the meteorological agency issued an alert for potential tsunami surges of up to 3m\/10ft, with 90,000 residents ordered to evacuate.<\/p>\n Residents were urged by chief cabinet secretary Minoru Kihara to go to higher ground or seek shelter until advisories were lifted.<\/p>\n Image: He said about 800 homes were without electricity, and that the Shinkansen bullet trains and some local lines were suspended in parts of the region.<\/p>\n Some 480 residents took shelter at the Hachinohe Air Base, defence minister Shinjiro Koizumi said, with 18 defence helicopters mobilised for damage assessments.<\/p>\n While Satoshi Kato, vice principal of a public high school in the same town, encountered traffic jams and car accidents en-route to the school as panicked people tried to flee.<\/p>\n Japan has recent experience of the perils of earthquakes – one in 2011 unleashed a tsunami that killed some 20,000 people and triggered a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.<\/p>\n Image: Today’s quake caused about 450 litres of water to spill from a spent fuel cooling area at the Rokkasho fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said.<\/p>\n But water levels remained within the normal range and there was no safety concern, the authority added.<\/p>\n Read more: The Japanese government has now lifted all remaining tsunami advisories, but warned people to remain alert for another week in case of aftershocks.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/skynews-japan-earthquake-tsunami_7105002.jpg\")
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\n People sheltering today in Kamaishi Elementary School in Kamaishi City, Miyagi Prefecture. Pic: AP<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/skynews-earthquake-aomori-hokkaido_7104848.jpg\")
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\n The earthquake warning off the coast of Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Pic: AP<\/p>\n
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