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7 3 magnitude quake off Japan's coast triggers tsunami warning

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Channel: Real Thing TV · 2016 · News & Politics

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7.3 magnitude quake off Japan's coast triggers tsunami warning.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, issuing tsunami advisories for much of the nation's northern Pacific coast.

The epicentre of the earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo, was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture at a depth of about 10 kilometres, the agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury from the quake, which struck at 5:59 a.m. 

Tokyo Electric Power Co was checking its nuclear plants in Fukushima for damage, public broadcaster NHK said. The utility could not immediately be reached by Reuters. Tohoku Electric Power Co said there was no damage to its Onagawa nuclear plant.

Television footage showed ships moving out to sea from Fukushima harbours, as the meteorological agency warned of a tsunami of three metres for Fukushima, where Tepco's Daiichi nuclear plant was devastated in a March 2011 quake and tsunami.
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. Japan accounts for about 20 per cent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.

The March 11, 2011, quake was magnitude 9, the strongest quake in Japan on record.

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