Minor tsunami hits Japan after undersea quake

Minor tsunami hits Japan after undersea quake
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 17, 2015 - A minor tsunami hit northern Japan Tuesday after a strong undersea earthquake struck off the coast, in the same area that was devastated by a killer tsunami in 2011. A wave of 20 centimetres (eight inches) was recorded in Kuji, eastern Iwate, at 9:07 am (0007 GMT), way below the possible one metre (3.3 feet) tsunami that the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warned could hit. The agency ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Minor_tsunami_hits_Japan_after_undersea_quake_999.html