Japan's leader urges residents to evacuate amid tsunami warning after 7.4 quake

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned residents to evacuate on Monday after a powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast and prompted the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a tsunami alert in the region.

The quake, registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.5, occurred off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan at around 4:53 p.m. (0753 GMT), at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6 miles) below the sea surface, the agency said.

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