Japan cleared of all tsunami advisories after quake off Russia coast

Japan on Thursday lifted its last remaining tsunami advisories issued after the previous day's magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, with only minimal damage seen from waves that reached the country's Pacific shores.The massive quake that struck at 8:24 a.m. Japan time on Wednesday prompted the Japan Meteorological Agency to send out tsunami warnings for coastal areas from Hokkaido in northern Japan to Wakayama Prefecture in the west, at one point affecting some 2 million people with evacuation orders.The warnings were downgraded to advisories Wednesday night. While tsu…READ FULL ARTICLE