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Japan lifts tsunami warning along northeast coast after quake: govt

Local residents look out to sea from higher ground after evacuating their homes following an 6.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami alert in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, on November 22, 2016.
A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on November 22, triggering tsunamis along the coast including a one-metre (3.3-foot) wave that crashed ashore at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. / AFP PHOTO

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Japanese government on Tuesday lifted its tsunami warning for the northeast coast of the country after a powerful earthquake shook the region earlier in the day.

“The tsunami advisory has been lifted,” the Japan Meteorological Agency said in a statement released at 12:50 pm (0350 GMT) on its website.

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