Latest updates: Tsunami warning issued after earthquake off Japan's northern coast
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The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has upgraded the earthquake's magnitude to 7.6.
The tsunami warning has been issued for the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate, after the quake jolted a large part of Japan's north and east at 11:15 p.m. Local time, Reuters reports.
The quake's epicentre was 80 kilometers off the coast of Aomori and was 50 kilometres deep, according to the agency.
Hi, I'm a member of the live page team. An earthquake was just reported off the coast of Japan and a tsunami warning has followed.
A maximum three-metre high tsunami is forecast for Japan's northeastern coast.
The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.2, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, according to Reuters.
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