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TOKYO:<\/strong> At least six people were reported injured on Tuesday, a day after a powerful quake rattled northern Japan, but there appeared to be no major damage from the tremor that also triggered tsunami waves up to 80 centimetres (31 inches).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) also warned of an increased risk of a megaquake \u2014 a tremor with a magnitude of 8.0 or stronger \u2014 hours after Monday’s 7.7 magnitude quake in Pacific waters off northern Iwate prefecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The jolt was so intense that it shook large buildings in the capital Tokyo, hundreds of kilometres from the epicentre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six people were reported injured by 8am (2300 GMT Monday), two seriously, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were no reported fire outbreaks or damage to important facilities, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan issued a warning for tsunami waves of up to three metres (10 feet) but it was lifted hours after an 80-centimetre (31-inch) wave hit a port in Kuji in Iwate, one among a series of small waves that hit elsewhere in northern Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The JMA said that “the likelihood of a new, huge earthquake occurring is relatively higher than during normal times”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Municipalities in the affected region issued non-compulsory evacuation directives to more than 182,000 residents, the FDMA said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan is one of the world’s most seismically active countries, sitting on top of four major tectonic plates along the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The archipelago, home to around 125 million people, typically experiences around 1,500 jolts every year and accounts for about 18 percent of the world\u00b4s earthquakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vast majority are mild, although the damage they cause varies according to their location and the depth below the Earth\u00b4s surface at which they strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0 magnitude undersea quake in 2011, which triggered a tsunami that killed or left missing around 18,500 people and caused a devastating meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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