India, Nov. 9 -- Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Sunday for Iwate prefecture after an offshore earthquake of Magnitude 6.8, as per the USGS, struck a northern Pacific region.

The earthquake struck around 5:03 pm (local time) in waters off Iwate, prompting the advisory for a possible tsunami up to one metre (three feet) high, news agency AFP reported, citing Japan Meteorological Agency.

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