An earthquake hit Japan’s northeastern coast Monday and officials urged people to evacuate for higher ground after issuing tsunami warnings.
The Weather Channel reported it was a 7.4 magnitude earthquake while the BBC said it was a 7.7 magnitude quake.
Per the Weather Channel:
The epicenter of the quake was about 62 miles east-northeast of Miyako, off the coast of Sanriku, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It happened around 4:53 p.m. local time (3:53 a.m. EDT), and tsunami warnings were issued for Iwate Prefecture, the central Pacific coastal area of Hokkaido Prefecture and the coastal area of Aomori Prefecture. There was a 5.6 aftershock less than an hour after the main quake.
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A tsunami of about 2.6 feet was detected at the Kuji port in the Iwate Prefecture, and a smaller tsunami of 1.3 feet was recorded at another port in the prefecture, Japan’s meteorological agency said.
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