Possible tsunami Japan 7 Dec 2012

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http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/index.html

7.3 earthquake, warning out for north eastern prefecture Japan

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http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/

Tsunami Warning/Advisory

Issued at 17:22 JST 07 Dec 2012 

******************Headline******************
Tsunami Warnings (Tsunami) have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan:
  MIYAGI PREF.
Evacuate immediately to safe place away from the shore in the above coastal regions.
Tsunami advisories are currently in effect in other coastal regions of Japan.

*******************Text********************
Tsunami Warnings have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan:
<Tsunami Warning (Tsunami)>
  MIYAGI PREF.
Evacuate immediately to safe place away from the shore in the above coastal regions.

Tsunami Advisories have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan:
<Tsunami Advisory>
  PACIFIC COAST OF AOMORI PREF.
  IWATE PREF.
  FUKUSHIMA PREF.
  IBARAKI PREF.

***********About Tsunami Forecast************
<Tsunami Warning (Tsunami)>
Tsunami height is expected to be up to 2 meters. Caution advised.
<Tsunami Advisory>
Tsunami height is expected to be about 0.5 meters. Attention advised.

******* Earthquake Information ********
Occurred at    17:18 JST 07 Dec 2012
Region name    SANRIKU OKI
Latitude   37.8N
Longitude   144.2E
Depth    about 10 km
Magnitude    7.3

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One metre tsunami wave has impacted.  Might be more, might not ..

A number of bullet train services suspended.

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Twitter

Takeshi N ‏@sarap00

1.0m tsunami reaches Ayukawa, Ishinomaki city at 18:02, be advised to evacuate to higher ground ASAP #japan #tsunami #earthquakes

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BBC News Asia --> Japan earthquake tsunami warning issued

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http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/joho.html

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A one metre tsunami wave is not like a normal one metre wave, a tsunami wave of one metre is a wall of water one metre high ...

Can do local damage, but it looks like the worst is past this time.  No reports yet of any significant damage or causalities.