Jan 3, 2026 Doyoung Lim www.freemalaysiatoday.com A powerful earthquake shook northeastern Japan on Monday, prompting Tsunami warnings and orders for about 90,000 residents to evacuate. A tsunami as high as 3 meters (10 feet) could hit Japan’s northeastern coast after the earthquake at 11:15 pm. Those warnings were issued for the areas of Hokkaido, Aomori, and Iwate, and tsunamis from 20 to 70m were reported at several regions. According to the world’s earthquake scale, eart