Tsunami threat after a powerful earthquake in the north of Japan is cancelled

Tremors measuring up to 5 points were felt in 13 Japanese prefectures, including on all island of Hokkaido, in prefectures of Aomori, the Akita, Ibaraki, Fukushima, Miyagi and others. Flags of Japan on the street of Tokyo, archival фото© Flickr/mike george TOKYO, 14 January — RIA Novosti news agency, Ekaterina Plyasunkova. The main meteorological agency of Japan cancelled the prevention of tsunami formation threat after an earthquake measuring 6,7 in the north of the country.