7.3 Magnitude Quake Hits North Japan, Leaving One Dead

Items lay on the ground at a convenience store in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture on late March 16, 2022, after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook east Japan. Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images

A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted Japan’s northeast coast off Fukushima on Wednesday, leaving one dead and 69 injured and reviving memories of a quake and tsunami that crippled the same region just over a decade earlier.

There were some reports of fire, the government said, and a number of people sustained injuries, but none of those immediately appeared serious. Public broadcaster NHK said one person had died.