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Japan issued a tsunami warning for hundreds of kilometres of its north-eastern coastline on Monday after a major earthquake struck the Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures.
The quake, which was logged by the Japan Meteorological Agency with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4, struck at 4.53pm local time.
There have so far been no reports of injuries or other damage from the quake, which was powerful enough to rattle buildings roughly 850km south in Tokyo.
Tsunami waves as high as three metres are expected to arrive in parts of the affected area over the coming hour, according to a warning broadcast on Japan’s NHK.
Residents of the regions under the tsunami alert were told to immediately evacuate to higher ground.
Footage of a port in Hiroo in Hokkaido showed dozens of vessels leaving at high speed and making for open waters, where they should be safer from an incoming tsunami.
In the 2011 Tohoku quake, the tsunami destroyed thousands of fishing boats and other vessels that did not evacuate in time.
On the coastal areas expected to be hit by tsunami waves are Higashidori nuclear power plant, which has been suspended since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
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