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A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Sanriku, prompting Japan Meteorological Agency tsunami alerts. Waves hit Iwate Prefecture, with evacuation advisories issued, as authorities warned of stronger tsunamis and aftershocks along Japan’s northern coast

Japan issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the northeast. No immediate damage was reported. The tremor followed a 7.5 magnitude quake earlier in the week that caused minor damage, triggered a tsunami and injured at least 34 people.

A powerful 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring 23 people and triggering a small tsunami along the Pacific coast. Authorities warned of aftershocks and a slight rise in megaquake risk as trains halted and safety checks began at nuclear facilities.

A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Far East, triggering small tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and prompting alerts across the Pacific. The quake ranks among the strongest recorded globally, reviving memories of past catastrophic seismic events

INCOIS confirmed that the 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula poses no tsunami threat to India. A separate tremor in the Bay of Bengal also caused no danger. The Indian Ocean remains unaffected, with authorities urging calm.

A massive 8.7-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami waves up to 4 metres, with alerts issued across the Pacific, including Japan, the US, and New Zealand. Minor waves struck Japan’s Hokkaido. No serious casualties were reported.

Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, horizontal or at an angle

Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, the boy once known as “Baby 81” is now a 20-year-old dreaming of higher education

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The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake registered magnitude 7.1 and was centred in waters off the eastern coast of Japan's southern main island of Kyushu at a depth of about 30 kilometres (18.6 miles).

A red alert for tsunami has been issued after the earthquake.

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Between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Monday, tsunamis of a smaller scale were also observed along the east coast

Central Japan may experience earthquakes with maximum intensity on its seven-tier scale system in the coming week, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said on Monday.

Torrents of water could reach as high as 5 meters and authorities urged people to flee to high land or a top of a nearby building as quickly as possible, according to NHK.

The Japan Meterological Agency reported quakes off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures shortly after 4 p.m., one of them with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6.

The earthquake struck at 10:37 p.m. at a depth of 32 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey

The JMA, as per Xinhua news agency, stated that the tsunami may reach up to one meter in Izu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, and the prefectures of Kochi, Chiba, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima.

A major mock tsunami exercise titled ‘IOWave23’ along the Indian Ocean was conducted by Hyderabad-based INCOIS in collaboration with NDMA in which three major countries including Australia, India and Indonesia participated.

The earthquake occurred at 10:52 a.m. local time at a depth of 50 km, and was epicentred at off Ibaraki at a latitude of 36.5 degrees north and a longitude of 140.8 degrees east.