Tokyo, Nov 22: A high alert has been raised as an earthquake carrying a magnitude of 7.3 struck the northeast coast of Japan on Tuesday. Tsunami waves were observed in the area and even two persons were injured, said sources.
The hit registered a lower five on the Japanese seismic scale of seven in northeastern Fukushima prefecture,.
The epicenter of the quake was at a latitude of 37.3 degrees north and a longitude of 141.6 degrees east and occurred at depth of 10km, said sources.
An emergency evacuation order was issued in areas including Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori by the weather agency.
The first wave was seen early today at the coastline, 20km east of Iwaki city and a 1.4-meter tsunami was observed in Sendai in the northeastern Miyagi prefecture after the quake.
