Overview
- Kyodo reports nine people injured across four prefectures following the shallow quake centered in Shimane.
- The Japan Meteorological Agency measured the main shock at magnitude 6.2 at 10:18 a.m. local time with an intensity of 5+ near the epicenter and a depth of about 10 kilometers.
- Three additional tremors followed within 16 minutes with magnitudes 4.5, 5.1, and 3.8, and authorities formed a government crisis headquarters.
- Officials warn of possible aftershocks around magnitude 5+ in the coming days and caution about landslides and falling rocks.
- Separate earthquakes were recorded near the Kuril Islands, including a magnitude 5.3 event deep in the Okhotsk Sea near Iturup and a magnitude 4.2 near Paramushir, with no tsunami alerts.