TOKYO, Jul 31 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Meteorological Agency has downgraded tsunami warnings to advisories, for the Pacific coasts of Hokkaido and the Tohoku region, following a powerful earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula earlier yesterday.
The advisory for Okayama Prefecture has been lifted, but advisories remain in place from Hokkaido to Okinawa.
Authorities continue to urge residents to avoid coastal and river mouth areas, warning that elevated sea levels could persist for at least a day.
At Iwate Prefecture’s Kuji Port, waves as high as 1.3 metres were recorded yesterday.
The downgrades followed an earlier full alert, issued after the massive quake struck.– NNN-NHK
