As per recent news, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake has hit Japan followed by the Tsunami warnings issued in the coastal areas.

The center of earthquake falls in coast of northeastern Japan and has affected the buildings as far as in Tokyo. The tsunami warning has been issued for the residents of and near the northeast coast in the country.

In the US Geological survey, it has been reported that the earthquake was 7.3 in magnitude and has no indications of a wide spread tsunami.

Earlier in 1986, the earthquake lead to melting down of fuel rods in the Fukushima nuclear plants which led to radiation leakage and contaminated the food and water in the surroundings. However, the problem this time was under control and area is not much populated, said a government source.

The nuclear plant in Fukushima is safe after the recent earthquake. It had an epicenter of 245km southeast of Kamiashi and was 36km deep. The tsunami warning has been issued for the coast of Miyagi Prefecture which was hit by the earthquake and tsunami earlier also in March 2011.

The warnings for the different regions vary between 50cm and 2m of height while the officials have ordered the people to evacuate the high alert areas.