Magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes part of northern Japan

TOKYO (AP) — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook portion of bluish Japan aboriginal Monday, but determination was nary harm oregon casualties.

No tsunami advisory was issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The inland quake struck 18 kilometers (11 miles) westbound of the tiny municipality of Sarabetsu connected Japan's northernmost main land of Hokkaido astatine a extent of 81 kilometers (50 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It measured the quake's spot astatine 6.1 magnitude.

A week ago, a 7.7 magnitude offshore earthquake prompted Japan to contented an advisory of a somewhat higher hazard of a imaginable megaquake for the nation's northeastern coastal areas.

The JMA said Monday’s quake was extracurricular of the country taxable to a megaquake advisory and that the peculiar consciousness week is acceptable to extremity arsenic planned.

April 26, 2026|Updated April 26, 2026 9:46 p.m.