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Magnitude-7.6 quake in Japan prompts tsunami warning and evacuation order
The epicentre hit off Japan's northern coastline on Monday night. (ABC News/Datawrapper)
A strong earthquake has prompted a tsunami warning covering a large part of the country's north.
Some 90,000 people were ordered to evacuate after the magnitude-7.6 quake struck late on Monday night.
Initial warnings said tsunami waves of up to 3 metres could hit some areas, but much smaller ones were reported early on Tuesday morning, local time.
A magnitude-7.6 earthquake has hit near Japan's north-eastern coast, prompting a tsunami warning covering a large part of the country's coastline.
Reuters reported that some 90,000 people had been ordered to evacuate after the quake struck at 11:15pm, local time, on Monday night.
Japan tells residents to evacuate as powerful earthquake strikes north-east
90,000 people advised to take shelter after 7.5-magnitude quake, but tsunami warnings downgraded
A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken north-eastern Japan, prompting orders for about 90,000 residents to evacuate and tsunami warnings that hours later were downgraded to advisories.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) initially said a tsunami as high as 3 metres (10ft) could hit Japan’s north-eastern coast after the earthquake struck off the coast at 11.15pm (2.15pm GMT).
Tsunami warnings were issued for the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate, and tsunamis from 20 to 70cm (7 to 27in) high were observed at several ports, JMA said.
In the early hours of Tuesday the JMA downgraded the warnings to advisories, meaning it was seeing lower estimated wave heights and less risk of inundation.
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