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Japan lifts tsunami warning

6.7 magnitude quake strikes off northern Japan's coast, prompts local tsunami warning

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake occurred Friday afternoon local time off the northern coast of Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Japan earthquake RECAP as tsunami warning issued and thousands evacuated

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A 6.7 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami waves off northeastern Japan

Japan on Friday issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country's northeast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

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Tsunami advisory lifted after magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits Japan's northeast region

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Japan Earthquake: 6.7 on Richter scale, hits Japan; Tsunami advisory issued

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Major Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Warning, Large Aftershocks

In the latest report prepared by a Japanese government earthquake task force, it was estimated that up to 298,000 people could be killed in a Nankai Trough megaquake with a magnitude of 8-9. The casualties would include 215,000 deaths caused by tsunami waves, the report said.

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2 huge earthquakes strike within days. Is it a warning?

Aftershocks have been recorded for both earthquakes. On Dec. 8, Japanese authorities warned an even more powerful earthquake could strike within the next week and called on residents from the northernmost island of Hokkaido down to Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, to be on high alert.