TOKYO: A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Japan’s northeast region late today, prompting tsunami warnings and orders for residents to evacuate.
A tsunami as high as 3m could hit Japan’s northeastern coast after an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.6 occurred offshore at 11:15pm, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
Tsunami warnings were issued for the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate, and a tsunami of 40cm had been observed at Aomori’s Mutsu Ogawara and Hokkaido’s Urakawa ports before midnight, JMA said.