Tsunami warning lifted after strong quake strikes Japan

Earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.3Ishinomaki, a city in Miyagi, reported that a tsunami of 1 yard hit at 6:02 p.m. local timeImmediately following the quake, there were no problems at any of the nuclear plants TOKYO - A strong earthquake struck Friday off the coast of northeastern Japan in the same region that was hit by a massive ... (more)

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From the article:
Shortly before the earthquake struck, NHK broke off regular programming to warn that a strong quake was due to hit.
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litesong wrote:
Since the earthquake was broadly in the area of the 9th magnitude Earthquake that caused the widely devastating tsunami, scientists may have had the area widely instrumented. Interesting that the quake was successfully predicted.