Japan Issues Tsunami Advisory after Strong Quake near Fukushima
Japan issued a tsunami advisory early Saturday after a strong 6.8-magnitude quake struck in the Pacific off Fukushima prefecture, authorities said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said a local tsunami of up to one meter (3.3 feet) could impact the Pacific coastline in Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures after the quake, whose epicenter U.S. geologists placed at a depth of 10 kilometers.
Source: Agence France Presse
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