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Japan Earthquake Video: A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late on Monday. Live footage from a streamer’s broadcast captured the terrifying moment. In the video, the ground beneath the streamer violently shakes, lights swing, walls quiver, and the host’s voice can be heard reacting in shock.

The girl, in the later part of the video, was seen showing her mobile device, where the government’s emergency warning could be seen flashing on the screen.

Japan earthquake: 23 injured

According to a report by the news agency AP, the deadly quake injured 23 people and triggered a tsunami in Pacific coast communities. Officials warned of possible aftershocks and an increased risk of a megaquake.

The Japanese government was still assessing damages from the tsunami and late-evening quake, which struck at about 11:15 p.m. in the Pacific Ocean, around 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main Honshu island.
“I've never experienced such a big shaking,” convenience store owner Nobuo Yamada told the public broadcaster NHK in the Aomori prefecture town of Hachinohe, adding that “luckily” power lines were still operating in his area.

A tsunami of up to 70 centimeters (2 feet, 4 inches) was measured in Kuji port in Iwate prefecture, just south of Aomori, and tsunami levels of up to 50 centimeters struck other coastal communities in the region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

More aftershocks in coming days

The meteorological agency issued a caution about possible aftershocks in the coming days. It said there is a slight increase in risk of a magnitude 8-level quake and possible tsunami occurring along Japan's northeastern coast from Chiba, just east of Tokyo, to Hokkaido. The agency urged residents in 182 municipalities in the area to monitor their emergency preparedness in the coming week.

Tsunami warning lifted

At 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning, authorities lifted all tsunami advisories for the Pacific coastline in northern Japan, NHK said. The US Geological Survey reported another earthquake, with a magnitude 5.1, early on Tuesday, about 122 kilometers (76 miles) south of Honcho, at a depth of 35 kilometers. No other details were immediately available.

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