'Tsunami! Evacuate!' Massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake triggers fears a three-metre tsunami is about to hit Fukushima in Japan where a huge wave triggered a nuclear meltdown five years ago Raw: Tidal surge in Tagajo city river - USA Today Watch: Tidal surge in Japan's Tagajo city river Watch: Tidal surge in Japan's Tagajo city river Video for Tidal surge filmed on Sunaoshi River in Tagajo, Japan▶ Watch: Tidal surge in Japan's Tagajo city river Video for Tidal surge filmed on Sunaoshi River in Tagajo, Japan▶ A tsunami wave has been filmed on the Sunaoshi River in Tagajo city following the earthquake. Watch: Tidal surge in Japan's Tagajo city river - Video | Vijaykarnataka Video for Tidal surge filmed on Sunaoshi River in Tagajo, Japan▶ vijaykarnataka.indiatimes.com › Video › News 6 hours ago A tsunami wave has been filmed on the Sunaoshi River in Tagajo city following the earthquake. Raw: Tidal Surge in Tagajo City River - MSN.com Raw: Tidal Surge in Tagajo City River - AOL UK Video Magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima, Japan The quake struck about 6am on Tuesday morning, local time Tsunami warning is in place for Japan's Pacific coast including Fukushima People have been warned to evacuate coastal areas immediately By LEITH HUFFADINE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and PADDY DINHAM FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 21:20 GMT, 21 November 2016 | UPDATED: 06:13 GMT, 22 November 2016 e-mail 6.4k shares 379 View comments A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck early on Tuesday local time off the Japanese coast about 70km northeast of Iwaki, Fukushima. The quake, with a depth of 25km, occurred about 6am and tsunami waves began to hit Japan's Pacific coast in numerous areas including Fukushima Prefecture about 7am. Initial waves were between 30-90cm in high but larger waves were expected to hit after that. By 8am, 1.4m tsunami waves were observed in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, north of Fukushima. The Japanese Meteorological Agency said tsunami waves could reach three metres high and warned people to evacuate in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures The moment a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Fukushima The cityscape trembles as a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits Fukushima, Japan Japan earthquake: tsunami warning lifted after 7.4 magnitude quake The magnitude 7.4 earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo, sent thousands of residents fleeing for higher ground as dawn broke along the northeastern coast. There were no reports of deaths or serious injuries several hours after the quake hit at 5:59 a.m. (2059 GMT Monday). It was centred off the coast of Fukushima prefecture at a depth of about 10 kilometres (6 miles), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. A wave of up to 1.4 metres (4.5 ft) high was recorded at Sendai, about 70 km (45 miles) north of Fukushima, with smaller waves hitting ports elsewhere along the coast, public broadcaster NHK said. Television footage showed ships moving out to sea from harbours as tsunami warnings wailed after alerts of waves of up to 3 metres (10 feet) were issued. "We saw high waves but nothing that went over the tidal barriers," a man in the city of Iwaki told NTV television network. Aerial footage showed tsunami waves flowing up rivers in some areas, and some fishing boats were overturned in the port of Higashi-Matsushima. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said the tsunami threat had now largely passed and the JMA later lifted its warnings. The U.S. Geological Survey measured Tuesday's quake at magnitude 6.9, down from an initial 7.3. All Japan's nuclear power plants on the coast threatened by the tsunami have been shut down in the wake of the March 2011 disaster, which knocked out cooling systems at Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, causing reactors to melt down and spew radiation into the air, soil and sea. The moment a 7 4 magnitude earthquake hit Fukushima Daily Mail Online