Tokyo — A powerful earthquake struck the northern Japanese coast and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning in the area.
The quake, which had an initial magnitude of 7.5, struck off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan at about 4:53 p.m. (0753 GMT) at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6 miles) below the sea surface, the agency said.
Japan’s NHK public television said a tsunami of up to 3 meters (10 feet) could hit the area soon.
It’s been 15 years since this happened 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami On March 11, 2011, parts of northern Japan were devastated, killing more than 22,000 people and forcing nearly half a million to flee their homes, the majority due to tsunami damage.
About 160,000 people fled their homes in Fukushima due to radiation from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. About 26,000 of them have not returned because they have settled elsewhere, their hometowns are off limits or they remain concerned about radiation.
