UPDATE 15.00 GMT: All warnings have been cancelled.
Further information
13.18 GMT
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, located in Hawaii has issued a detailed bulletin, containing this evaluation of the threat:
IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.
* For the Pacific region, excluding the American continent, warnings are issued here.
* Alaska, British Columbia, Washington State, Oregon and California: go to this page
Click on the red cross on the map, just to the east of Japan and choose the most recent Event Bulletin on event 596.
* Japan: messages are being broadcast continually on radio and TV. Read the latest bulletin from the JMA here
PLEASE RELAY
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