Japan issued an evacuation advisory for the coastal areas of Okinawa after a powerful earthquake that hit Taiwan triggered a tsunami warning. Japan Meteorological Agency in their advisory feared tsunami waves of up to 3 meters.
Japan’s weather agency reported several small tsunami waves reached parts of Okinawa, and later downgraded the earlier tsunami warning to an advisory.
The Philippines Seismology Agency also issued a warning for residents in coastal areas of several provinces, urging them to evacuate to higher ground. Taiwan also issued a tsunami warning but reported no damage from that, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii later said the risk of damaging tsunami waves had passed.