Amid the atmosphere of horror that has spread in Japan over the past hours, following the strong earthquake and tsunami that hit the center of the country and the West Coast, terrifying old scenes have surfaced.
Many Japanese people have circulated on social networking sites a video of the tsunami that was caused by the Tohoku earthquake in 2011.
They expressed their fear of repeating this terrifying scenario, as the waves then swept boats and ships into the street, swallowing cars with them.
The largest since 1885
The Japanese Meteorological Agency warned on Monday that the Ishikawa earthquake is the largest recorded earthquake on the Noto Peninsula since 1885.
The Japanese authorities have issued warnings to residents to evacuate amid power outages to thousands of homes and disruption of flights and rail services in the affected areas.
She also pointed out that this earthquake, which had an initial magnitude of 7.6, led to a tsunami wave about one meter high in areas on the coast of the sea of Japan, while a larger wave is expected to arrive later.
The Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings for the coastal provinces of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama.
They tremble in fear
While the footage broadcast by CNN showed.H.A building collapses amid a plume of dust in the coastal city of Suzhou, and footage showed residents of Kanazawa shivering under tables as their homes were hit by earthquakes.
The earthquake shook buildings in the capital Tokyo on the opposite coast.
It is noteworthy that a strong earthquake struck northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, which led to the destruction of towns and the meltdown of nuclear reactors in Fukushima.
