The president of the United States, Joe Biden, offered this Monday to Japan “any help” you need to recover from the earthquake of 7.6 degrees on the Richter scale that affected the western coast of the country, generating shocking damage and causing a tsunami warning.

Biden indicated that his Government is in contact with the Japanese authorities and stressed that the United States is willing to provide “any help” that is necessary to Japan, according to a statement. “As close allies, the United States and Japan share a deep bond of friendship that unites our people. “Our thoughts are with the Japanese people in these difficult times,” said the US president.

A strong earthquake hit Ishikawa prefecture, on the western coast of central Japan, this Monday and forced to activate a tsunami warning in a large part of the archipelago, in addition to causing significant damage and leaving at least six people buried under the rubble.

The earthquake, which was felt even in Tokyo, occurred on the Noto Peninsula at 4:10 p.m. (7:10 GMT) and initially the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) estimated that the tremor had been 7.4 degrees on the Richter scale. , although He then revised the magnitude upward by two tenths.

Likewise, the agency initially said that The tremor occurred near the ground and later located its hypocenter at a depth of 16 kilometers.