A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture following a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck off the coast on Sunday evening, measuring a 4 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale.
A 10 centimeter tsunami was observed in Ofunato Port in Iwate at 5:39 p.m., according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. At 5:12 p.m., the agency said a weak tsunami had been observed 70 kilometers off the coast of Iwate.
A tsunami advisory covers predicted waves of up to 1 meter.
The quake, which struck at 5:03 p.m., measured shindo 4 in the city of Morioka and the town of Yahaba in Iwate as well as in the town of Wakuya in neighboring Miyagi Prefecture.
East Japan Railway said the Tohoku Shinkansen briefly lost power and that operations were suspended between Sendai and Shin-Aomori stations.
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Tsunami advisory issued for Iwate following magnitude 6.7 quake
