Tsunami In Japan

Tsunami In Japan
Tsunami warnings were canceled for all countries Sunday, a day after the deadly earthquake 8.8 on the Richter scale and Chile, said meteorological experts.

However, the Warning Center Pacific Tsunami alert cancellation is not only providing advice to governments, and "the only national and local government agencies have the authority to take decisions on the alert official in any area and the actions to be taken in response to that."

Despite the cancellation, and Japan, remained cautious.

The nation's meteorological agency opted to reduce the level of the warning without completely eliminated. By warning of "a large tsunami" was changed to "tsunami".

The quake hit Chile on Saturday morning, killing at least 300 people and sparking tsunami warnings and warnings along the Pacific Ocean. Officials in Chile is expected to announce an updated death toll later on Sunday.
Aban waves experienced along the coast on Sunday afternoon.

Was the nation's last tsunami was expected to arrive, according to the alert.

There were no injuries, but the Japanese authorities advised tens of thousands of evacuees from coastal areas not to return to their homes.

The first tsunami - a 4 - inch wave - hit the island in the Pacific Minami Torishima, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

There are a few waves, and one of the longest, about 4 feet hit the port of Kuji in Iwate, said the Meteorological Agency. Can the northern part of the main island to be hit by a tsunami at least 9 feet high.

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Alert on Sunday was Japan's first major tsunami warning in more than 15 years, according to the agency. In 1960, and tidal waves that resulted from the Chile earthquake in 1960 killed 140 people in Japan.

In the U.S. state of Hawaii, and the abolition took place nearly two hours after the first waves came ashore. Coast Guard teams that they did not find significant damage to the ports or waterways as a result of the tsunami.

But the tsunami center said some coastal areas, you may see small sea level changes or unusual trends for the next few hours.

Cancel "does not mean it is safe to resume normal activities or re-enter the evacuation of coastal areas," said the tsunami center. He said that the County agencies and civil defense and local police departments that would make those decisions.

"There was no assessment of any damage in any province, which is quite remarkable," said Gov. Linda Lingle. "It's a wonderful day that something did not happen and no one was hurt or injured."

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In Chile, the tsunami came ashore along the coast shortly after the quake, said the U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Victor Sardina.

The largest 9 feet near the epicenter, said sardines.

On the island of Juan Fernandez - 400 miles (643 kilometers) off the coast of Chile - a big wave that killed six people, provincial governor Ivan de la Maza said. At least 11 people were missing.

Navigational buoys in Ventura County, California, and received minor damage as a result of increases to 2 - foot waves, according to the Alaska Warning Center tsunami.