Strong Earthquake of Magnitude 7.2 Strikes Off Japanese Coast

People gather for a minute of silence in Ginza district on March 11, 2021 at the same time that the 2011 Tohoku earthquake hit Japan. Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images

TOKYO—An earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Saturday, hitting areas devastated by the 2011 disaster, generating a tsunami of 1 meter and shaking buildings.

The quake, with a magnitude of 7.2, hit the coast of Miyagi Prefecture at 6:26 p.m. (0926 GMT) at a depth of 60 km (40 miles), the Japan Meteorological Agency said.