Disaster

A tsunami warning was issued after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Central America. Prelim M7.0 earthquake off the coast of Central America Nov-24 18:43 UTC, updates https://t.co/757MJhB1G6 — USGS Big Quakes (@USGSBigQuakes) November 24, 2016 The quake was felt in several countries across the region and struck just as the category 2 Hurricane Otto descended near the southeastern coast of Nicaragua, where a state of emergency has been declared.

Around fifty thousand people are being evacuated as wildfires rage through parts of Israel’s third largest city, Haifa. The fires had been burning in several locations for the past three days but intensified on Thursday, fueled by unseasonably dry weather and strong winds. The wildfires tore across central and northern Israel on Thursday, with Israeli leaders blaming arsonists for some of the blazes and branding them terrorists. The BBC reports: Wildfires are also threatening homes near Jerusalem and in the West Bank.

Two days after a strong, shallow 6.9 magnitude struck Japan off the coast of Fukushima, moments ago JMA reported that another earthquake has hit Japan, once again off Fukushima, at a depth of 10 kilometers, which according to NHK reports was modestly weaker, with a preliminary measurement of 5.6 on the Richter scale according to USGS.

• EARTHQUAKE REPORTED IN JAPAN, OFF FUKUSHIMA, JMA SAYS
• JAPAN EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 6.1, NHK SAYS
• 5.6 MAG. EARTHQUAKE 37KM SE OF NAMIE JAPAN :USGS

NHK reports that there is no tsunami risk.

Following yesterdays 7.3 earthquake off the coast of Fukushima an aftershock measuring up to 5.7 on the Richter scale has struck the area. There have been conflicting reports as to the magnitude of today’s aftershock, but no reports of any damage so far. According to RT Japan’s Meteorological Agency stated that it was 5.7 with its epicenter located off the coast of the Fukushima Prefecture at a depth of 30km. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), however, recorded the shock at 5.2, with a depth of 10km.

A tsunami alert has been issued after powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan The quake struck 67km northeast of the city of Iwaki located in the southern part of the Hamadori coastal region of Fukushima Prefecture. It struck on Tuesday morning at about 06:00 local time (21:00 GMT, Monday), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A ten foot tsunami wave alert has been issued and residents living near the Fukushima coastline are being told to evacuate the area.