Overview
- Japan’s M6.1 quake struck off Iwate at 5:21 a.m. local time on Sunday and produced strong shaking measured up to 5 on Japan’s seven-step intensity scale without triggering a tsunami warning.
- Tohoku Electric and Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. reported no abnormalities at nearby nuclear facilities after the tremor, and the Japan Meteorological Agency gave the initial magnitude and depth.
- An independent M6.0 event in the Hindu Kush was recorded at about 100 km depth and caused cross-border effects in Pakistan with roughly 125 houses damaged and more than 20 people reported injured.
- Provincial emergency services in Balochistan and local officials in Musakhail dispatched rescue teams, tents, food and supplies and Pakistan’s prime minister ordered assistance to the affected areas.
- Afghanistan’s national emergency authority said checks are ongoing with no confirmed domestic casualties so far, and the differing impacts underline that quake depth and local conditions shape damage and humanitarian needs.