Massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits off Japanese coast

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A strong earthquake with a 7.7 preliminary magnitude occurred off of northernJapanon Monday.

The Cabinet Office and Japan Meteorological Agency indicated that there is a 1% possibility of a mega-quake in the coming week or after the earthquake near the Chishima and Japan trenches.

Thequakeoccurred off the coast of Sanriku at around 4:53 p.m., local time, at a depth of about 11 miles, the meteorological agency said.

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Atsunamiof around 2.6 feet was identified at the Kuji port in the Iwate prefecture after the earthquake, while a tsunami of 1.3 feet was recorded at a different port in the prefecture, the agency indicated.

The America-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center eventually noted that the tsunami threat “has now passed.”

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The Nuclear Regulation Authority noted that nuclear power plants in the area are intact and there have not been any abnormalities discovered.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report