Japan earthquake – Tsunami warning issued for coast near Fukushima nuclear plant after powerful 7.3 magnitude shock

A TSUNAMI warning has been issued for the coast near Fukushima nuclear plant after a huge 7.3 earthquake.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has released a warning for an over 3ft tsunami on the coasts in Miyagi, and Fukushima.

A tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake

A US writer who lives in Japan tweeted: “Really big-a** earthquake here in Japan just now.

“We’re fine. But it was shaking pretty damn hard for like a good 2 minutes, which if you’ve ever been in one, you’ll know is a long time.

“Magnitude 7.3. Tsunami warning for 1 meter up north in Tohoku.

“Biggest in a while.”