NEW TSUNAMI WARNINGS FOR JAPAN – March 12

Second Round of Tsunami Warnings Issued by Japan Meteorological Agency

Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a new round of Tsunami Warnings for Japan Region at 03:20 JST, Saturday March 12, 2011. A Major Tsunami Warning covers the entire eastern seaboards of Honshu and Hokkaido islands.

See below for tsunami map and list of the prefectures under TSUNAMI WARNING.

Source: JMA

Tsunami Warning/AdvisoryIssued at 03:20 JST 12 Mar 2011

Tsunami Attention has been issued for:

• KAGA AREA, ISHIKAWA PREF.
• FUKUI PREF.
• JAPAN SEA COAST OF KINKI/SHIKOKU

Tsunami Advisory

*KAGA AREA, ISHIKAWA PREF.
*FUKUI PREF.
*KYOTO PREF.
*NORTHERN PART OF HYOGO PREF.
*TOTTORI PREF.
*SHIMANE PREF.,EXCEPT OKI ISLANDS
*OKI ISLANDS
*JAPAN SEA COAST OF YAMAGUCHI PREF.

At the following coasts (* marks) tsunamis are expected to arrive right away.
KAGA AREA, ISHIKAWA PREF.
FUKUI PREF.
KYOTO PREF.
NORTHERN PART OF HYOGO PREF.
TOTTORI PREF.
SHIMANE PREF.,EXCEPT OKI ISLANDS
OKI ISLANDS
JAPAN SEA COAST OF YAMAGUCHI PREF.

—Tsunami forecast now in effect—

Major Tsunami

• IWATE PREF.
• MIYAGI PREF.
• FUKUSHIMA PREF.
• CENTRAL PART OF PACIFIC COAST OF HOKKAIDO
• PACIFIC COAST OF AOMORI PREF.
• IBARAKI PREF.
• KUJUKURI AND SOTOBO AREA, CHIBA PREF.
• IZU ISLANDS
• EASTERN PART OF PACIFIC COAST OF HOKKAIDO
• WESTERN PART OF PACIFIC COAST OF HOKKAIDO
• JAPAN SEA COAST OF AOMORI PREF.
• UCHIBO AREA, CHIBA PREF.
• OGASAWARA ISLANDS
• SAGAMI BAY AND MIURA PENINSULA
• SHIZUOKA PREF.
• WAKAYAMA PREF.
• TOKUSHIMA PREF.
• KOCHI PREF.

Tsunami

• PACIFIC COAST OF AICHI PREF.
• SOUTHERN PART OF MIE PREF.
• MIYAZAKI PREF.
• TANEGASHIMA AND YAKUSHIMA AREA
• AMAMI ISLANDS AND TOKARA ISLANDS
• SOUTHERN PART OF JAPAN SEA COAST OF HOKKAIDO
• MUTSU BAY
• TOKYO BAY
• ISE BAY AND MIKAWA BAY
• SOUTHERN PART OF AWAJI ISLAND
• BUNGO STRAIT COAST OF EHIME PREF.
• SETONAIKAI COAST OF OITA PREF.
• BUNGO STRAIT COAST OF OITA PREF.
• EASTERN PART OF KAGOSHIMA PREF.
• WESTERN PART OF KAGOSHIMA PREF.
• OKINAWA ISLANDS
• DAITOJIMA AREA
• MIYAKOJIMA AND YAEYAMA AREA
• ARIAKE SEA AND YATSUSHIRO SEA
• WESTERN PART OF NAGASAKI PREF.
• AMAKUSA NADA COAST OF KUMAMOTO PREF.

Tsunami Advisory

• OKHOTSK SEA COAST OF HOKKAIDO
• OSAKA PREF.
• SETONAIKAI COAST OF HYOGO PREF.
• OKAYAMA PREF.
• KAGAWA PREF.
• SETONAIKAI COAST OF EHIME PREF.
• AKITA PREF.
• YAMAGATA PREF.
• NIIGATA PREF.,EXCEPT SADOGASHIMA ISLAND
• SADOGASHIMA ISLAND
• TOYAMA PREF.
• NOTO AREA, ISHIKAWA PREF.
• HIROSHIMA PREF.
• SETONAIKAI COAST OF YAMAGUCHI PREF.
• SETONAIKAI COAST OF FUKUOKA PREF.
• NORTHERN PART OF JAPAN SEA COAST OF HOKKAIDO
• JAPAN SEA COAST OF FUKUOKA PREF.
• NORTHERN PART OF SAGA PREF.
• IKI ISLAND AND TSUSHIMA ISLANDS
• KAGA AREA, ISHIKAWA PREF.
• FUKUI PREF.
• KYOTO PREF.
• NORTHERN PART OF HYOGO PREF.
• TOTTORI PREF.
• SHIMANE PREF.,EXCEPT OKI ISLANDS
• OKI ISLANDS
• JAPAN SEA COAST OF YAMAGUCHI PREF.

Maximum Tsunami Observation Map, March 11

Source: JMA

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