The Japan Meteorological ... mainly in the Tohoku region, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. The earthquake triggered a tsunami alert in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures ...

SENDAI--Fumihiko Imamura, one of the nation's leading tsunami experts ... by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that claimed countless lives in the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan.

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Officials said there are no tsunami threats to the state. However, residents who live near the area may feel aftershocks.

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On March 11, 2011, a powerful tsunami traveling nearly 500 miles per hour with 10-meter-high waves swept over the east coast of Japan, killing more than 18,000 people.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck northeastern Japan early Saturday morning with strong shaking felt in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, the weather agency said, but no tsunami ...