TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday, triggering warnings of tsunami waves as high as three metres (10 feet) on the coast near the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Public broadcaster NHK urged residents along the northeast coast to “flee immediately” to high ground, reminding listeners to heed the lessons of the “Great East Japan Earthquake”. A massive undersea quake that hit in March 2011 sent a […]