(CNN) Japan's meteorological agency has issued a tsunami warning after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 10:22 p.m. Tuesday (9:22 a.m. Tsunamis are "expected to arrive imminently" in the coastal areas of Yamagata, Niigata and Ishikawa, the agency said, with an advisory issued for four coastal regions. The meteorological agency has advised residents to evacuate those coastal regions immediately and to not enter the sea or approach the coastal regions until the advisory has been lifted. Slight sea-level changes may be observed in coastal regions, but no tsunami damage is expected, it added. In March 2011, Japan was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, its worst ever.

Source: CNN June 18, 2019 16:18 UTC