Japan Braces for Tsunami, Evacuates Coastal Areas

0:00It's April 20th. This is Europe News Today, European news powered by AI. A powerful earthquake rocked the waters off Japan's northern coast, triggering a tsunami alert from the Japan Meteorological Agency. They're also flagging a small bump in megacquake risk along the Chishima trough. Officials pegged the odds at 1% for a massive shaker in the coming week, but stressed this ANA forecast, just a call to prep with emergency. Food, water, and grab bags while keeping live rolling. Meanwhile, this marks the second heads up like this in months after a 7.5 magnitude hit in December that injured dozens, but no follow-up. Disaster Folks are reacting fast. NHK footage shows cars rushing to parks and high ground while they wait in three other prefectures urged over 100. 28,000 residents to evacuate coastal spots. No damage, injuries, or nuclear issues reported so far. Plants are all clear. With the scars of that 9.0 quake 15 years back still fresh, Japan staying vigilant on

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