A major earthquake rocked Japan's northern coast, with the country's meteorological agency recording several tsunami waves and local media reporting injuries.

The United States Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.6 quake struck at 1415 GMT off Misawa on Japan's Pacific coast, at a depth of 53 kilometres (33 miles).

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning, with one wave hitting a port in the northern region of Aomori, where Misawa is located, at 11:43 pm (1443 GMT).

Several more waves reached the coast, measuring up to 50 centimetres (20 inches), the agency said.

Public broadcaster NHK cited a hotel employee in the city of Hachinohe in Aomori as saying there had been some injuries as a result of the quake.

Live footage showed shattered glass fragments scattered acro

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