Tsunami warnings lifted after quake off Japan - NHK


  • World
  • Sunday, 03 May 2015

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tsunami warnings were lifted for Japanese islands early on Sunday after they experienced a series of small waves following an earthquake, public broadcaster NHK said.

Tsunamis of up to 50 centimetres were recorded in the Izu and Ogasawara islands stretching south of Tokyo, before the Japan Meteorological Agency lifted warnings at 4:10 a.m. (1910 GMT on Saturday), NHK said.

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