Japan: Earth quake.

Magnitude 7.1-quake jolts Japan coast

By the CNN Wire Staff

April 11, 2011 -- Updated 0922 GMT (1722 HKT)

A man walks his dog beside fishing boats in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki prefecture, south of the stricken Fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant number 1, on April 6, 2011.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• A tsunami warning is issued for several prefectures
• Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant are asked to evacuate

RELATED TOPICS

• 2011 Japan Disaster
• Nuclear Energy
• Fukushima Daiichi

(CNN) -- A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rattled the northeastern coast of Japan Monday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning, predicting a potential wave of two-meters in Miyagi, Fukushima and Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures.

The quake was centered about 164 kilometers (101 miles) northeast of Tokyo, according to the USGS. Residents in Tokyo felt the jolts.

Workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were asked to evacuate.