A powerful earthquake has rattled northern japan, according to the japan meteorological agency The quake, with a magnitude of 6.7, struck off the coast of iwate prefecture on sunday evening. A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck sunday off yamada, japan, the usgs said The japan meteorological agency (jma) issued a tsunami advisory for parts of the country’s eastern coastline on sunday. A powerful quake rattled northern japan sunday evening, followed by several more temblors, according to the japan meteorological agency A tsunami advisory was issued
The earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7, struck off the coast of iwate prefecture at a depth of 10 kilometers below the sea surface, at… Authorities have issued a tsunami warning with waves up to one metre high. A strong earthquake hit japan off the northern coast on sunday evening, prompting a tsunami advisory that was lifted after about three hours, the associated press (ap) reported According to the japan meteorological agency, the quake with an updated magnitude of 6.9 and a depth of 16 kilometre struck off the coast of iwate prefecture at 5:03 pm local time. The japan meteorological agency (jma) has reported a significant earthquake that struck off the northern coast of japan on sunday, prompting the issuance of a tsunami advisory An earthquake of magnitude 6.26 earlier struck off the east coast of japan's largest island, honshu, which includes iwate, according to the us tsunami warning system.
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