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#7. 1-Magnitude Earthquake Hit Off The Coast Of Japan A 7. 1-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Japan earlier today about 200 miles east of the town of Namie and 6 miles down in the Pacific ocean the U s. Geological Survey reports. Initial reports from the USGS put the quake's magnitude at 7. 3 and the Japan Meteorological Agency put out a tsunami advisory for several coastal regions asking people to leave the coast immediately. However by 4: 05 a m. local time (3: 05 p m. Eastern time in the U s.)the agency cancelled the tsunami warning as the first waves driven by the quake didn't go over the 3-foot mark. In March 2011 the M9 0 earthquake that struck about 59 miles north of this event#displaced huge amounts of ocean water as the Pacific tectonic plate slipped under the Okhotsk#plate#triggering#a massive tsunami that killed thousands and knocked out the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Since then multiple earthquakes have struck this region including a M7. 3 quake in December of last year though none have resulted in such devastating waves. USA Today U

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