Massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits off Japanese coast

A beardown earthquake with a 7.7 preliminary magnitude occurred disconnected of bluish Japan connected Monday.

The Cabinet Office and Japan Meteorological Agency indicated that determination is simply a 1% anticipation of a mega-quake successful the coming week oregon aft the earthquake adjacent the Chishima and Japan trenches.

The quake occurred disconnected the seashore of Sanriku astatine astir 4:53 p.m., section time, astatine a extent of astir 11 miles, the meteorological bureau said.

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A tv surface shows a quality study connected Japan Meteorological Agency's tsunami warning, saying it expected tsunami waves of up to 3 meters (9.84 feet) to scope ample coastal areas successful bluish Japan aft an earthquake struck disconnected the northeastern seashore of Japan, successful Tokyo, Japan April 20, 2026 (REUTERS/Issei Kato)

A tsunami of astir 2.6 feet was identified astatine the Kuji larboard successful the Iwate prefecture aft the earthquake, portion a tsunami of 1.3 feet was recorded astatine a antithetic larboard successful the prefecture, the bureau indicated.

The America-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center yet noted that the tsunami menace "has present passed."

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A policeman picks his mode done the debris looking for bodies successful Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, connected March 22, 2011, aft the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.  (TORU YAMANAKA/AFP via Getty Images)

The Nuclear Regulation Authority noted that atomic powerfulness plants successful the country are intact and determination person not been immoderate abnormalities discovered.

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 In this outer view, the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power works aft a monolithic earthquake and consequent tsunami connected March 14, 2011 successful Futaba, Japan. (DigitalGlobe via Getty Images via Getty Images)

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A almighty 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami successful 2011 wreaked havoc successful Japan, leaving implicit 22,000 dormant and compelling astir 500,000 radical to fly their homes, astir of them due to the fact that of tsunami damage.

The Associated Press contributed to this report