Mild tsunami reach northeast Japan after M6.9 quake, no damage reported

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Pacific on Sunday caused mild tsunami in northeastern Japan, triggering the evacuation of some residents in coastal areas and a temporary partial suspension of shinkansen bullet train services.The Japan Meteorological Agency, which revised the magnitude from an earlier reported 6.7, issued an alert for tsunami up to 1 meter for Iwate Prefecture following the temblor, which struck at 5:03 p.m. off the Sanriku coast at a depth of about 16 kilometers.The quake registered 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in some parts of Iwate and Miyagi prefectur…READ FULL ARTICLE