NEW DELHI: A tsunami alert was
issued for Japan's northeast coast on Friday after a powerful 7.3-magnitude
undersea earthquake struck, setting buildings in Tokyo swaying violently.
Media reports said a
one-metre-high wave could sweep ashore in Miyagi prefecture, an area badly hit
by the March 2011 tsunami that devastated a large swathe of coast in the
northeast, killing thousands.
Broadcaster NHK, quoting the
national meteorological agency, said the tsunami is expected to hit at 5:40 pm
(0840 GMT).
The United States Geological
Survey measured the quake's magnitude at 7.3.
NHK said the Japan Meteorological
Agency had issued a tsunami warning, one notch lower than a tsunami alert, for
the Pacific coast of Iwate, Fukushima, Aomori and Ibaraki prefectures.
A 50-centimetre tunami was
expected to hit the coast of Iwate at 5:40 pm, Fukushima at 5:50 pm, and Aomori
and Ibaraki at 6:00 pm.
Nuclear plant operator Tokyo
Electric Power told AFP there were no reports of further damage at the crippled
Fukushima nuclear plant.
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