<p>There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the 9:57 am (0627 IST) quake, which registered 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in 11 municipalities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures including the city of Morioka in Iwate.<br /><br />The quake triggered a small tsunami in Iwate prefecture, measuring 10 cm. The JMA, immediately after the quake, forecast the height of the tsunami could reach half a metre.<br /><br />The agency initially put the quake’s magnitude at 7.1 but later revised it to 7.3, Kyodo news agency reported. Tremors from quake were felt as far away as Tokyo.<br /><br />Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant were evacuated as a precaution, after a tsunami alert was issued, and residents were warned to head for high ground.<br /><br />Japan’s northeastern coastline was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that left nearly 23,000 dead or missing and touched off a nuclear crisis.</p>
<p>There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the 9:57 am (0627 IST) quake, which registered 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in 11 municipalities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures including the city of Morioka in Iwate.<br /><br />The quake triggered a small tsunami in Iwate prefecture, measuring 10 cm. The JMA, immediately after the quake, forecast the height of the tsunami could reach half a metre.<br /><br />The agency initially put the quake’s magnitude at 7.1 but later revised it to 7.3, Kyodo news agency reported. Tremors from quake were felt as far away as Tokyo.<br /><br />Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant were evacuated as a precaution, after a tsunami alert was issued, and residents were warned to head for high ground.<br /><br />Japan’s northeastern coastline was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that left nearly 23,000 dead or missing and touched off a nuclear crisis.</p>