Japan issues new tsunami warning
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit off the east coast of Japan on Monday morning, triggering a local tsunami warning, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake occurred at about 7:23 a.m. local time Monday (2223 GMT Sunday), at a depth of 5.9 kilometers.
The epicenter was 38.3 degrees North Latitude and 142.4 degrees East Longitude, some 161 km east-northeast of Fukushima, Honshu, and 368 km northeast of Tokyo, according to the JMA.
A 50-cm tsunami warning was issued earlier by the JMA for the Pacific coast of Miyagi Prefecture and was cancelled at 09:05 a.m. local time.
On March 11, the Miyagi Prefecture and neighboring regions were struck by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake off the coast and ensuing tsunamis, which killed at least 10,000 people and caused severe damage and huge property loss.
The catastrophe also triggered a nuclear leak crisis at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, and the Japanese government is still trying to bring it under control.
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