Overview
- The quake, which struck Thursday at 23:18 local time off the Sanriku coast, was measured at magnitude 6.5 and about 10 km deep by Japan’s JMA and the USGS.
- JMA reported a maximum intensity of 4 on Japan’s scale, meaning noticeable shaking with a low chance of major damage.
- No tsunami warning was issued, and authorities reported no immediate injuries or significant damage.
- Other agencies gave different early readings, with Germany’s GFZ at magnitude 6.2 and India’s NCS at magnitude 6.3 at about 60 km deep.
- The offshore epicenter about 122 km east of Yamada left more than 1.5 million people feeling light shaking in a country that sees roughly 1,500 quakes each year.