Month: January 2024

Japan experienced a powerful earthquake today with a magnitude measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale.

The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a quake on Monday hitting Ishikawa and nearby prefectures, one of them measuring a preliminary magnitude of 7.4.

It issued a major tsunami warning for Ishikawa and lower-level tsunami warnings or advisories for the rest of the northwestern coast of the island of Honshu.

There was an earthquake in the Aghdash district of Azerbaijan, Azernews reports.

NPR News: 01-01-2024 3AM EST

TOKYO — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit north central Japan on Monday, public broadcaster NHK said.

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning along western coastal regions of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama prefectures.

Tsunami of up to 5 meters high are believed to be reaching Noto in Ishikawa Prefecture, according to the weather agency.

Waves more than 1 meter high hit the coast of Wajima City in Ishikawa Prefecture, NHK reported.

Japanese public broadcaster NHK TV warned torrents of water could reach as high as 5 meters (16.5 feet) and urged people to flee to high land or a top of a nearby building as quickly as possible. 

Reports of damage were not immediately available.

South Korea’s meteorological agency said on Monday the sea level in some parts of the Gangwon province on the east coast may rise after the earthquake hit north central Japan.

Hokuriku Electric Power said there are no irregularities at its nuclear power plants, NHK reported.

Azerbaijan’s Shusha city welcomes New Year’s fireworks  AZERTAC News

The NK Observer team wishes our audience the best for the new year, we appreciate the support. 2023 saw major changes, including the demographic map of the region with NK’s fall and the major exodus of locals, more challenges and armed conflict possibly await the region.

— Nagorno Karabakh Observer (@NKobserver) January 1, 2024

The weather is expected to be changeable cloudy, occasionally gloomy, and mainly rainless on January 2 in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, Report informs, citing the National Hydrometeorological Service of Azerbaijan.

In January-November this year, the premiums on the voluntary insurance types stood at 812.599 million manats ($478 million), up 23.6% from the previous year, Report informs, citing the Central Bank of Azerbaijan.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, addressed the Azerbaijani people on the occasion of the World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day and New Year, Report informs, citing AZERTAC.