Residents across Japan's Pacific coast rushed to higher ground on Wednesday as tsunami warnings following a massive earthquake off Russia's Far East resurfaced painful memories and lessons from the devastating 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster.

No abnormalities in plant parameters or equipment have been noted thus far, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company.

TOKYO: Workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeast Japan were evacuated Wednesday (July 30) after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake off Russia's far east triggered tsunami warnings around the Pacific.