Tsunami Panic After 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Fukushima Coast

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Subsequently, Reuters reported:

A tsunami warning was issued and waves could come come ashore at any moment after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck in Japan just before 6am Tuesday morning (4pm ET Monday). Initial measurements put that quake at 7.3 on the Richter scale, but that was later downgraded

Asahi Shimbun reports:

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Initial reports:

According to an initial report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake hit approximately 37 kilometers off the Japanese coast, east south-east from the city of Namie in the Fukushima prefecture just before 6am local time. The Japan Meteorological Agency, which issued the official tsunami warnings, reports the quake was relatively shallow, striking at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers.

In 2011, a major earthquake in a similar area triggered a massive tsunami that killed thousands of people and caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.