Japan lifts tsunami warning along northeast coast after quake: govt

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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 / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / Japan OUT
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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