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Japan: Strong earthquake, tsunami rock Tokyo

A tsunami measuring one metre hit Japan’s coast at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant on Tuesday following an earthquake, operator Tokyo Electric Power said. The tsunami struck at 6:38 am (local time), a TEPCO official told a televised news conference after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the region earlier. A TEPCO spokesman told AFP that there were no reports of any problems as a result of the wave.

Updated : 22 November 2016, 06:24 AM

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