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The first tsunami hit the northern metropolis of Miyako at 5.37 p.m. however it was so small that the Japan Meteorological Agency stated it couldn’t measure its dimension.
Later, ports in Kuji and Ofunato, situated in the identical area, noticed waves as excessive as 20cm whereas smaller waves reached different ports in Iwate, the meteorological company stated.
The quake struck round 5.03 p.m. in waters off Iwate, in accordance with the Japanese company which initially estimated its energy at magnitude 6.7 however later revised it to six.9.
The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake as magnitude 6.8.
The Japan Meteorological Agency had issued an advisory for a attainable tsunami earlier than lifting it shortly after 8 p.m.
The unique quake was adopted aftershocks at magnitude between 4.6 and 6.3, the company stated.
Six different offshore quakes hit the identical area earlier on Sunday (November 9, 2025), however have been barely felt on land and didn’t immediate tsunami advisories.
The space might even see stronger quakes significantly within the subsequent a number of days, warned Masashi Kiyomoto, an earthquake and tsunami official on the meteorological company.
“This is an area that has seen a series of seismic activities. It is possible that larger earthquakes will occur,” he informed a televised briefing.
The area is haunted by the reminiscence of a large 9.0-magnitude undersea quake in 2011, which triggered a tsunami that left round 18,500 folks useless or lacking.
That tsunami additionally despatched three reactors into meltdown on the Fukushima nuclear plant, inflicting Japan’s worst post-war catastrophe and the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
Japan sits on high of 4 main tectonic plates alongside the western fringe of the Pacific “Ring of Fire” and is likely one of the world’s most tectonically lively international locations.
The archipelago, house to round 125 million folks, experiences round 1,500 jolts yearly.
The overwhelming majority are delicate, though the injury they trigger varies in accordance with their location and depth under the Earth’s floor.
Published – November 09, 2025 06:36 pm IST
