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issued. it struck at about 4:00 p.m. local time. a series of strong aftershocks have already been recorded. and tsunami waves of 1.2 meters have hit a number of areas along the western coast. japan s prime minister is urging residents in tsunami areas to evacuate as soon as possible. the u.s. geological survey and japan meteorological office as well have been making similar warnings. hanako montgomery is joining us live from tokyo. tell us what information you ve got right now, that knyou have w hanako. reporter: this was a large and powerful, 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit around 4:10 p.m. local time, a time when many people are celebrating new year s day with their familiesnd loved ones. and it was a shallow earthquake with depths of around 10 kilometers or about 6 miles. this is significant to note because with shallow earthquakes, we know that they could potentially be more powerful and more destructive and essentially trigger tsunamis that could really devastate cer
year s day. a powerful earthquake triggering tsunami warnings and evacuations. this is video of the moment the quake struck. we re not getting much video because coms are down and they have closed all the power stations to protect them. but this is one neighborhood on one part of that long western coast of japan. this was the strike ahead of the tsunami which i ll talk about in a moment. but you can imagine what people are going through late afternoon in japan that time. and as soon as the quake struck, everyone was told by the government in emergency announcements that see that explosion there on the left has the house appears to collapse. everyone was told to go to higher ground because we had a series then of warnings from japanese officials about tsunamis. some are still standing. warning 16-foot high tsunamis possibly coming in. so far they have been hitting just about over a meter. the weather agency says there could be more aftershocks as well from the earthquake the