Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Strikes off Fukushima Region of Japan, Tsunami Warning Issued
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Breaking: Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Strikes off Fukushima Region of Japan, Tsunami Warning Issued 25 Oct 2013 Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes off Fukushima region of Japan, US Geological Service says. A tsunami warning has been issued. (Wires) M7.1 shakes Tohoku coast, tsunami advisory issued --JMA urged people in Fukushima area to stay away from coast 26 Oct 2013 An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude 7.1 struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture early Saturday morning, and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued an advisory for tsunami of up to 1 meter for the prefecture. The focus of the 2:10 a.m. quake was in the Pacific roughly 10 km underground around 290 km east-southeast of Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture, north of Fukushima. The quake registered a moderate intensity of 4 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in Fukushima, Miyagi, Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures.