A tsunami warning is in effect after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Japan near where a major quake damaged a nuclear power plant in 2011. The quake was initially reported to be a 7.3 magnitude. The USGS has since downgraded it to 6.9 but the quake was fairly shallow at just 7 miles deep. From the Associated Press:
Coastal residents in Japan were ordered to flee to higher ground on Tuesday after a strong earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 7.3 struck off the coast of Fukushima prefecture.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for waves of up to 3 meters (10 feet) in Fukushima, and a tsunami advisory for much of the rest of northeast Japan’s Pacific coast.
Reuters reports a tsunami of about 3 feet has already hit the coast:
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Major earthquake off the coast of Japan – A tsunami warning is in effect after a powerful earthquake struck off… https://t.co/DicbdMJjnC
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