7.3 magnitude quake hits north Japan, tsunami alert issued but no danger to Malaysia

Products are scattered at a convenience store in Fukushima, northern Japan Wednesday, March 16, 2022, following an earthquake. A powerful earthquake shook off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami advisory. (Kyodo News via AP)

TOKYO (AP): A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than two million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness.

However, Bernama reported the Malaysian Meteorological Department as saying that there was no threat of a tsunami to Malaysia.