A television screen shows a news report on Japan Meteorological Agency’s tsunami warning, saying it expected tsunami waves of up to 3 meters (9.84 feet) to reach large coastal areas in northern Japan after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 struck off the north-eastern coast of Japan, in Tokyo, on April 20, 2026.
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 struck off the north-eastern coast of Japan on Monday (April 20, 2026) afternoon, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
It warned of a tsunami as high as 3 metres (9.84 ft) in Iwate, Aomori, and Hokkaido prefectures. The tremor had an epicentre in the Pacific Ocean and was 10km deep, according to the JMA.
Published – April 20, 2026 01:59 pm IST