Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Japan’s northeast region, tsunami advisory issued

TOKYO, Dec 12 (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 ‍hit Japan’s northeastern region on Friday, prompting a tsunami advisory for waves up to 1 metre  (39 inch) ‌high from the Japan ‌Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The quake struck at 11:44 a.m. (0244 GMT) off the coast of Aomori prefecture with ​a depth of 20 km (12 miles), after ‍a bigger, 7.5-magnitude ​earthquake hit the ​same region late on Monday.

After ‍Monday’s earthquake, the government issued a special advisory warning residents across a wide area, from Hokkaido ‍in the north to Chiba, east of Tokyo, to be on ‍alert ‍for an increased ​possibility of a ​powerful ⁠earthquake hitting again within ‌a week.

The tremor on Friday measured 4 on Japan’s 1-7 seismic intensity scale.

(Reporting by Kantaro Komiya Editing by ⁠Chang-Ran Kim)