Japan lifts tsunami warning after 7.5-magnitude earthquake

A powerful magnitude-7.5 earthquake shook north-eastern Japan late on Monday, prompting evacuation orders for about 90,000 people and tsunami warnings that hours later were lifted.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) initially said a tsunami as high as three metres could hit Japan’s north-eastern coast after the earthquake struck offshore at 1.15am AEDT.

Tsunami warnings were issued for the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate, and tsunamis from 20 to 70cm high were observed at several ports, JMA said.

In the early hours of Tuesday, the JMA downgraded the warnings to advisories, which were later lifted.

The quake started fires and damaged buildings in the Aomori region and caused a road to collapse in Tohoku.

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