WATCH: Stunning Footage As Building Collapses In Monster New Year’s Earthquake In Japan

A massive 7.5 magnitude New Year’s Day earthquake has led to major damage and unknown casualties in Japan, which is now under a tsunami warning.

It happened in the Ishikawa prefecture some 180 northwest of Tokyo, where the tremors were also felt.

Authorities say they’ve dispatched 1,000 military personnel to the cities of Wajima and Suzu to help with rescue and recovery efforts.

CNN’s John Berman described the stunning video coming out of Japan.

“You’re looking at video of moments after the quake struck. You can see on the left-hand side of your screen there, the dust rising as a building collapsed,” Berman began. He continued:

Japanese officials have lowered their alert from a major tsunami warning to a tsunami warning. That still means that they expect or fear waves of up to 10 feet. There have been at least 19 aftershocks so far. That’s according to the U.S. Geological survey, and there are warnings that the aftershocks could last for several days.

We’re getting new video in now from a parking garage. You can see inside this strong cement structure there, the earthquake still managing to shake the cars for quite a long time. Car alarms going off there. You can see in the distance there, people seeking cover. And we are getting a more look at some of the destruction there. Roof collapses in Wajima City in Japan. Again, that is on the western coast of Japan. Officials are warning there could be landslides and more building collapses as aftershocks continue to hit the region.

The earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in 2011 had a magnitude of 9.0.

X (formerly Twitter) was alight with posts of the devastation from people on the ground, before and after the quake, and those posts were shared and reshared many times. Of course we are not able to verify each of these videos individually.

Watch the clip above via CNN.