Disaster: New Year’s Day Earthquake Kills 6 in Western Japan
TOKYO, JAPAN – A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck western Japan on New Year’s Day, resulting in at least six deaths and dozens of injuries. The earthquake, which hit the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture, caused significant damage to roads and buildings and left 45,000 homes without power. While tsunami warnings were initially issued for eastern Russia, they were later downgraded to advisories and eventually canceled. Following the initial earthquake, Japan experienced …