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the initial 7.5 magnitude quake occurred in the late afternoon local time on new year s day in the ishikawa prefecture. you can see here by this indicated dot just off to the northwest side there. and then the subsequent tsunami waves began to take place. you can see the water here in the background breaking over the wall that is there right along this sea. one of the things that we noticed with this particular area is when you zoom down across the suzu city location, you will notice that the water area here, but also this little inlet cove that sits here. think of it like this. when you have the tsunami take place, it is almost like dropping a rock or stone into a bathtub. you get the first set of waves that begin to ripple back out but then hit the edge and come right back in. so you will have the ongoing back and forth because once it hits the coastline, those waves will continue to ebb and flow throughout the next coming hours. for many of these areas, we saw peak observed waves

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