Japan issues tsunami advisory
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In the early hours of the morning, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the waters east of Iwate Prefecture, Japan, at 3:23 AM local time. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that the quake originated at a depth of 10 kilometers,
TOKYO – Tsunami waves up to 20-centimeter high reached the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Sunday afternoon following an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 km off the Iwate coast at around 5:03 p.