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7.3 quake off Fukushima triggers tsunami warning


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A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck Fukushima Prefecture in Japan, USGS reported. A three meter tsunami wave alert was issued for Fukushima, Nippon reported.
The quake struck 67km northeast of Iwaki, a city located in the southern part of the Hamadori coastal region of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Meanwhile the Pacific Tsunami Warning center has issued “a tsunami threat message for other parts of the Pacific located closer to earthquake,” while stressing that there is no tsunami threat for the US state of Hawaii.
 
According to the latest estimates by Japan's authorities, waves of up to three meters high will arrive ashore by 6:30am local time.

tweets + more details to follow / source: https://www.rt.com/news/367700-japan-fukushima-earthquake-tsunami/

 

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Update first tsunami 60cm high reached japan's coast reports a 3meter high tsunami is following live stream here: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/live/

you can see at the moment the water is retreating from the shore that is a indication of a tsunami incomming

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