Meteorological agency issues tsunami warning for waves of up to one meter after 7.4 earthquake rattels northeast coast.

Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits Japan coast

Meteorological agency issues tsunami warning for waves of up to one meter after 7.4 earthquake rattels northeast coast.

Japanese authorities ordered people in the northeast of the country to leave coastal areas [Al Jazeera] The Japan meteorological agency has issued a tsunami warning for a wave of up to one meter, after the northeastern coast of the country was rattled by a a strong aftershock. The warning was issued on Thursday for a coastal area already ravaged by last month's tsunami. Officials say the quake was a 7.4-magnitude and hit 40 kilometers under the water and off the coast of Miyagi prefecture.  The quake that preceded last month's tsunami was a 9.0-magnitude. Buildings as far away as Tokyo shook for about a minute. Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett, reporting from Japan, said it was a "fairly strong quake". "We are expecting a one-metre high tsunami which is considerably lower than the waves we had seen after last month’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake. Those waves were more than 10 metres high. So people are keeping their fingers crossed. We will have to wait and see."