Posted on 10/25/2013 9:13:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The 30cm (1ft) waves reached the region after the 7.1 magnitude tremor struck at a depth of 10km (six miles), about 320km off the coast.
A tsunami alert issued for several areas was later lifted...
...a Fukushima spokesman later said there was no damage or change in readings at radiation monitoring posts around the plant, according to Reuters news agency.
The Japan Meteorological Agency had warned that a small tsunami - up to one metre (3.3ft) - could reach the eastern coast after the tremor in the Pacific Ocean...
The earthquake struck at about 02:10 local time on Saturday (17:10 GMT Friday).
The tsunami advisory was lifted about two hours later.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
History shows us that a little earth quack off the shores of Japan can mean a devastating a tsunami (wave action) to Hawaii.
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