Amid Tsunami threat, Japan issues evacuation advisory for coastal areas

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Japan's Southern Prefecture of Okinawa declares a tsunami evacuation advisory following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake near Taiwan, the deadliest in eight years, posing potential waves of up to three meters..

Japan issued an evacuation advisory for the coastal areas of the southern prefecture of Okinawa after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami warning...

(0018 GMT), JMA said.. Japan was rocked by its deadliest quake in eight years on New Year's Day when a 7.6 magnitude temblor struck in Ishikawa prefecture, on the western coast..

On March 11, 2011, the northeast coast was struck by a magnitude 9 earthquake, the strongest quake in Japan on record, and a massive tsunami..

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