Just as the pacific coast contends with massive waves due to a powerful storm, Japan is struck with a 7.5 earthquake, which is an extremely strong event on the Richter scale.
According to the NHK news service in Japan, massive earthquake struck Japan, and a major tsunami warning issued for Ishikawa. While most reports note that a single massive magnitude-7.6 earthquake has struck Ishikawa Prefecture, in central Japan, along the Japan Sea coast, there were actually 22 smaller earthquakes accompanying that in a series.
At the time of writing (mid day US East Coast Time) A major tsunami warning has been issued for the prefecture. Tsunami warnings were also issued for Niigata, Toyama, Yamagata, Fukui and Hyogo prefectures, also along the Japan Sea Coast.
An intensity of seven on the Japanese scale of 0 to seven was observed on the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, which leads many to believe that this is just the beginning of dangerous waves.