from the seen-this-movie-before dept.
NewsHub (New Zealand) reports [newshub.co.nz]
Small tsunami waves have hit a number of cities on the eastern coast of Japan after a 6.9 magnitude quake struck off the coast of the country.
The waves ranged from 90 centimetres [3 feet] in height at Soma Port in Fukushima to a 60 centimetre wave [in] Onahama Port in Fukushima.
[...]In [the city of] Iwaki [in Fukushima Prefecture], a man recorded[1] [archive.li] a [...] wave just after 7am local time.
[...]The Meteorological Agency says a tsunami measuring 1.4 meters [4.6 feet] reached Sendai port in Miyagi [Prefecture, just north [digi-joho.com] of Fukushima Prefecture].
[1] The video is behind a script.
Early projections had been as high as 3 meters (10 feet).