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The quake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 occurred
off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan at around 4:53 p.m.
(0753 GMT), at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6 miles) below
the sea surface, the agency said.
A tsunami of about 80 centimeters (2.6 feet) was detected at the
Kuji port in the Iwate prefecture, and a smaller tsunami of 40
centimeters (1.3 feet) was recorded at another port in the
prefecture, the agency said.
A tsunami of up to 3 meters (10 feet) could hit the area, the
agency said. In addition to the tsunami alert in Iwate and
Aomori to the north and southeastern Hokkaido, the agency also
issued a milder tsunami advisory for the coasts of Miyagi and
Fukushima, south of the epicenter.
Another powerful 7.5 magnitude quake in December left dozens
injured.
It's 15 years since a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami on
March 11, 2011, ravaged parts of northern Japan, caused more
than 22,000 deaths and forced nearly half a million people to
flee their homes, most of them due to tsunami damage.
Some 160,000 people fled their homes in Fukushima because of the
radiation spewed from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
power plant. About 26,000 of them haven’t returned because they
resettled elsewhere, their hometowns remain off-limits or they
have lingering concerns about radiation.
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