Japan issues tsunami advisory after 6.7 magnitude quake in country's northeast

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Japan has issued a tsunami advisory aft a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast

ByThe Associated Press

December 11, 2025, 10:38 PM

TOKYO -- Japan connected Friday issued a tsunami advisory aft a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The quake occurred disconnected the eastbound seashore of Aomori prefecture, successful the northbound of Honshu, the main Japanese island, astatine a extent of 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) astatine 11:44 a.m. section time, JMA said.

The Pacific seashore of Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures could spot a tsunami of up to 1 metre (3.2 feet), the bureau added.

Damage and injuries weren’t instantly clear.

An advisory is simply a little level of caution than a warning.

Friday’s quake followed a 7.5 magnitude earthquake earlier this week successful the northbound that caused injuries, airy harm and a tsunami successful Pacific coastal communities.

At slightest 34 radical were injured successful that quake connected Monday disconnected the seashore of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan’s main Honshu island. A tsunami much than 2 feet (0.6 meters) supra tide levels was measured successful Kuji larboard successful Iwate prefecture earlier each tsunami advisories were lifted. Power was knocked retired for hundreds of homes but was mostly restored Tuesday morning.

Authorities had warned of imaginable aftershocks.

Officials said aft Monday's quake determination was besides a flimsy summation successful hazard of a magnitude 8-level quake and imaginable tsunami occurring on Japan’s northeastern seashore from Chiba, conscionable eastbound of Tokyo, to Hokkaido. The bureau urged residents successful 182 municipalities successful the country to show their exigency preparedness successful the coming week, reminding them that the caution is not a prediction of a large one.

The quakes occurred successful the coastal region, wherever a magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami successful 2011 killed astir 20,000 radical and destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi atomic powerfulness plant.