Powerful 6.9-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Northern Japan

A station clerk of the East Japan Railway Co., provides an update about train services which were suspended due to an earthquake at JR Morioka station in Morioka, northern Japan, on July 25, 2026. Kyodo News via AP

TOKYO—A powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s northern coast on Thursday, but the country’s meteorological agency said there was no danger of a tsunami.

The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 and occurred off the eastern coast of Iwate, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake had a depth of about 50 kilometers (30 miles), it said. The U.S. Geological Survey also reported a magnitude of 6.9.