Daily World Dispatch - Earthquakes, shock waves and a foiled terrorist plot

By Lia Timson
Updated November 22 2016 - 1:19pm, first published 12:46pm

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake (recorded by the USGS as 6.9) hit off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, this morning, triggering a tsunami warning and an evacuation order to local residents. A 1.4 metre tsunami wave was recorded at Sendai, north-east of Tokyo, before the tsunami warning was downgraded. Check the live blog for the latest.