The magnitude 7.3 quake struck the country’s northeast, the same region that was hit 11 years ago triggering the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It happened about 11.30pm local time, shaking buildings nearby and as far south as Tokyo. An advisory for tsunami waves of one metre has been issued for the northeast coast. There have been no immediate reports of damage or injuries, but local electricity providers said about 700,000 homes in Tokyo and 156,000 in the northeast had been left without power. Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida says the government is still trying to assess the extent of any damage. The quake was recorded 57km off the coast at Fukushima at a depth of 60km, not far from what went down in 2011, which was the most powerful in the country’s history and killed 18,000 people. Authorities are now bracing for aftershocks in Fukushima, Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures.