China News Service, September 18. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, on the afternoon of the 18th local time, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the Miyako Island and Yaeyama areas in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

  According to reports, a 1-meter-high tsunami is expected to occur.

The local government warned people to stay away from the coast.

  According to the China National Seismological Network, at 14:44 Beijing time on the 18th, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred in Hualien County, Taiwan, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

The earthquake was felt in a large area around Taiwan Province.