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Powerful quake hits Japan

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Powerful quake hits Japan

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Al Jazeera English

1 Views • Jul 24, 2012

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An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's northeastern coast around 0546 GMT on Friday.

It caused a four-metre tsunami in the port city of Kamishi and its tremors shook buildings in the capital Tokyo, over 300 kilometres away.

Now Taiwan has issued a tsunami warning.

Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee has more.