Tsunami warning issued for Japan's Hokkaido
Tokyo, Aug 2: A tsunami warning was issued for the western coast of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake off Russia's Sakhalin island, NHK public television said today.
A 20 cm tsunami had been recorded in one area, NHK said, but it warned that further tsunami could be higher, perhaps up to around 50 cm.
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Story first published: Thursday, August 2, 2007, 11:24 [IST]