Quake, Small Tsunami Hit Japan 7.3 mag

A powerful undersea earthquake has shaken Japan's northeastern coast, triggering a small tsunami and causing buildings to sway as far away as Tokyo.

A one-meter high tsunami swept ashore Friday in Ishinomaki, in Miyagi prefecture, the same region that was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

No deaths have been reported from Friday's 7.3 magnitude quake that struck off the coast. Japanese authorities have since lifted tsunami warnings. [link to www.voanews.com]