20-cm tsunami observed in Miyagi, Japan after strong quake

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Tsunami measured at about 20 cm was observed at Ishinomaki city in Miyagi Prefecture at around 5:19 a. m. local time after a 6.8 magnitude quake jolted off Fukushima prefecture in the northeast Japan at around 4: 22 a.m. early Saturday. [File Photo]

Tsunami measured at about 20 cm was observed at Ishinomaki city in Miyagi Prefecture at around 5:19 a. m. local time after a 6.8 magnitude quake jolted off Fukushima prefecture in the northeast Japan at around 4: 22 a.m. early Saturday, local media reported.

The quake also has triggered tsunami advisories along the pacific coast of Fukushima and Iwate prefectures.

The epicenter was initially detected at 37.0 degree of north latitude and 142.6 degree of east longitude, with a depth of 10 km according to The Japan Meteorological Agency.

The quake was registered at level four on the Japan's seismic scale of 7 in some parts of Fukushima prefecture.

About one-meter-high tsunami is forecasted to reach the coasts at around 4:50 a.m., according to the agency.

Rikuzentakata city in Iwate Prefecture issued an evacuation advisory to 1,577 people in 747 households according to local report, some other coastal cities in the prefectures also issued such advisory.

Local reports cited police in the prefectures as saying that there was no confirmed damage after the quake.

Operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said that no abnormality was found at Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear plants, local reports said, adding no abnormality was detected at a number of nuclear power and research facilities in Ibaraki Prefecture.

A disastrous quake jolted off Fukushima on March 11, 2011 and triggered devastating tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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