Recently Major Earthquake Strikes Off Northern Coast Of Japan,- There has been a major earthquake occurred off the coast of northeastern Japan on Sunday, which triggered a tsunami that advisories were later canceled, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
Small tsunami was observed along the coast, measuring between 10 cm and 20, the JMA said.
There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage, according to Japanese news agency Kyodo.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 10:57 at the epicenter, about 130 miles east of Sendai.
Earthquake more than 20 miles in and had a magnitude 7.0, USGS said.
JMA measured the quake at magnitude 7.1.
Tsunami advisories published - and then canceled - for coastal areas Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima. Area among the hardest hit by this year's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Officials in Ofunato, a city in Iwate, advised residents to evacuate.
JMA, immediately after the earthquake, the approximate height of a tsunami could reach half a meter (about 20 inches).
No abnormalities were reported directly to the nearby nuclear facility, according to Kyodo.
Three reactors at a nuclear power plant suffered Fukushima Daiichi leaks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan. The tsunami inundated the plant and knocked out the cooling system that stores the three operating reactors from overheating, causing the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
Tremors from the earthquake Sundays were much like Tokyo.
"It's just a constant of 9.0 aftershocks were destroyed," said Dale Grant, a geophysicist with the USGS, referring to the earthquake in March. "It's kind of aftershocks that may occur for some time."
