7.6-Magnitude Quake Jolts Japan: Tsunami Watch in Effect for Coastal Regions

7.6-Magnitude Quake Jolts Japan: Tsunami Watch in Effect for Coastal Regions

Japan earthquake: An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 hit Japan, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning. Reports of damage were not immediately available. Japan earthquake updates: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit north central Japan on Monday, media reports claimed. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning along the coastal regions of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama prefectures after a series of strong quakes shook western areas, the reports claimed. Hokuriku Electric Power said it is checking for any irregularities at its nuclear power plants, Japanese public broadcaster…

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Kashmir Experiences Arctic Blast: Minimum Temperatures Sink Several Degrees Below Zero

Kashmir Experiences Arctic Blast: Minimum Temperatures Sink Several Degrees Below Zero

The minimum temperature in the summer capital Srinagar dropped to minus 3.4 degrees Celsius from the previous night’s minus 2.8 degrees Celsius, officials said Kashmir reeled under cold wave conditions Sunday as minimum temperatures across the Valley stayed several degrees below the freezing point, officials said here. The minimum temperature in the summer capital Srinagar dropped to minus 3.4 degrees Celsius from the previous night’s minus 2.8 degrees Celsius, they said. Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district which serves as a base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra recorded a minimum…

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