1-metre tsunami hits north-eastern Japan after quake

Tokyo - Tsunami waves as high as 1 metre rolled intonorth-eastern Japan Friday after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake struckthe region, the Meteorological Agency said.

The agency, which had issued a tsunami warning earlier, said thetsunami hit the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi prefecture, including thecity of Ishinomaki.

No damage or injuries were immediately reported from the tsunamior the 5:18 pm (0818 GMT) quake, which was centred off the prefectureat a depth of 10 kilometres, the agency said.dpa tk lnsAuthor: Takehiko Kambayashi070940 GMT Dez 12 

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