Japan's Pacific coast was lapped by minor tsunami waves Sunday after a string of powerful earthquakes off Indonesia, the country's meteorological agency said.
Waves up to 40 centimetres (1.3 feet) reached the Pacific coasts of islands from the Okinawan chain to the main island of Honshu, the agency said.
The tallest of the waves were measured in Chichijima, about 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) south of Tokyo, and at the tip of the Kii Peninsula on Honshu, some 450 kilometres (280 miles) southwest of Tokyo.
The agency issued a warning against waves of up to 50 centimetres (1.6 feet) in mid-morning but lifted it about six hours later.
A 7.6-magnitude quake and several powerful aftershocks hit Sunday morning off Indonesia's West Papua province. At least one person was killed and around three dozen were injured.
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