article_snippet.sent: A warning for a tsunami as big as one metre (three feet)  forecast to hit islands in Japan's far south after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Taiwan was cancelled on Monday.
article_snippet.sent: National broadcaster NHK said waves were possible on several islands in the southern Okinawa chain after a very shallow quake centred on Yonaguni in the southwest, near Taiwan.
article_snippet.sent: We are issuing warnings via the radio,' Satoshi Shimoji of the Miyako City government told NHK. '
article_snippet.sent: We want residents to get as far as possible from the sea,' Satoshi Shimoji of the Miyako City government said.
article_snippet.sent: NHK said the tsunami -- an irregular wave that alters the sea level, and not necessarily a huge event -- were believed to have already arrived at remote Yonaguni, although no details were yet available.
article_snippet.sent: Live footage from coastal cameras showed sea levels had apparently not risen in several harbours within the warning zone.
article_snippet.sent: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said in a statement that 'based on all the available data... there is no tsunami threat from this earthquake.'
highlights_snippet.sent: A tsunami warning for islands in Japan's far south has been cancelled .
  