Japan issued tsunami alerts and ordered evacuations on Monday following a series of earthquakes which started a fire and trapped people under rubble on the west coast of its main island.The Japan Meteorological Agency reported more than a dozen quakes off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures shortly after 4pm local time, one of them with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6.A fire has broken out in Wajima city, Ishikawa prefecture, and more than 30,000 households are without electricity.

Japan issued tsunami alerts and ordered evacuations on Monday following a series of earthquakes which started a fire and trapped people under rubble on the west coast of its main island.The Japan Meteorological Agency reported more than a dozen quakes off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures shortly after 4pm local time, one of them with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6.A fire has broken out in Wajima city, Ishikawa prefecture, and more than 30,000 households are without electricity.