Powerful quake rocks Japan

A powerful, deadly earthquake struck Japan early today, killing a 52-year-old woman and injuring 80 others as it shook buildings and triggered a small tsunami that hit the coast.

The magnitude-7.1 quake struck at 9.42am local time (1.42am Irish time) off the north coast of Ishikawa prefecture (state), Japan’s Meteorological Agency said. The agency issued a tsunami warning urging people near the sea to move to higher land.