{"id":42695,"date":"2015-02-17T12:20:44","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T04:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=42695"},"modified":"2015-02-17T12:20:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T04:20:44","slug":"tsunamis-advisory-lifted-after-quake-off-northeast-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/17\/tsunamis-advisory-lifted-after-quake-off-northeast-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsunamis advisory lifted after quake off northeast Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/japan-quake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42696\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/japan-quake.jpg\" alt=\"japan quake\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/japan-quake.jpg 600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/japan-quake-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOKYO &#8212; A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan early Tuesday, triggering minor tsunamis but no reports of major damage or injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The Japan Meteorological Agency lifted a tsunami advisory two hours after it was issued following the quake, which hit at 8 a.m. Japan time (2300 GMT).<\/p>\n<p>The quake&#8217;s epicenter was at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6 miles). It shook much of northeast Japan and could be felt in Tokyo, 690 kilometers (430 miles) away.<\/p>\n<p>Small tsunamis of up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) were recorded after the quake along the coast of Iwate prefecture, according to the agency, much smaller than the possible 1-meter (3-foot) tsunami mentioned in the advisory.<\/p>\n<p>Several smaller aftershocks were also reported in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake struck in the same region hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, killing more than 18,000 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO &#8212; A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan early Tuesday, triggering minor tsunamis but no reports &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":42696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-w","mauthors-the-associated-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}