Tokyo: Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning in the northeastern Japan on Tuesday as a strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 was reported on richter scale.
Japanese Broadcaster NHK warned the residents of the nearby areas of a one metre-high (three feet) wave which was expected to hit the coast of Iwate region in northern Japan at approximately 2330 GMT. Evacuations were ordered for towns closest to the coast in Iwate.
As reported by Indian Express, the quake was measured at a depth of around 10 Kms however, as per the Pacific Warning Center of Hawaii; there was no danger of a Pacific-wide Tsunami.
In the nearby Miyagi and Aomori areas also, no irregularities were reported at any of the facilities. Onagawa and Higashidori nuclear plants are operated in these two areas by Tohoku Electric Company.
A spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini nuclear plants, also told that there were no irregularities at the plants. He stated that the quake was weakly felt in the area.
Similar reports were received from the unlisted Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd also which confirmed that there were no irregularities recorded at its nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities or any other plants in Aomori.
Reportedly, Japan is one of the most seismically active areas of the world and hence earthquakes are common in Japan.
After the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami which triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster in northeastern Japan, all 48 of Japan's nuclear reactors remain offline.
