7.1 quake off northeastern Japan

It happened this morning, and now there’s a tsunami alert as well.

Update: Now they’re saying it was a 7.1.

The metereorological agency issued tsunami warnings and advisories for a stretch of more than 300 miles of the northeastern coast from Aomori prefecture in the north to Ibaraki prefecture in central Japan, just north of Tokyo.

Announcers on Japan’s public broadcaster NHK told coastal residents to run to higher ground and away from the shore.