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Magnitude 7.6 quake triggers a tsunami on Japan’s northern coast
By The Associated PressUpdated: December 08, 2025 at 12:28PM EST
Published: December 08, 2025 at 9:48AM EST
A tsunami warning is displayed on a television in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, after a strong earthquake hits off Japanese northern coast, tsunami alert issued. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)
TOKYO — A powerful 7. 6-magnitude earthquake struck late Monday off northern Japan, triggering a tsunami of up to 70 centimetres (27 inches) in Pacific coast communities and warnings of potentially higher surges, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.
Several people were injured, media reports said.
A tsunami warning was issued for Japan’s east coast after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake.
The quake struck at about 11:15 p.m. (1415 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean about 80 kilometres (50 miles) off the coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan’s main Honshu island, the agency said.
A tsunami of 70 centimetres was measured in Kuji port in Iwate prefecture, just south of Aomori, and tsunami levels of up to 50 centimetres struck other coastal communities in the region, the agency said.
The agency issued an alert for potential tsunami surges of up to 3 meters (10 feet) in some areas, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihar urged residents to immediately head to higher ground or take shelter inside buildings or evacuation centers until the alert is lifted.
Several people were injured at a hotel in the Aomori town of Hachinohe and a man in the town of Tohoku was slightly hurt when his car fell into a hole, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Kihara said nuclear power plants in the region were conducting safety checks and that so far no problems were detected.
Several cases of fires were reported in Aomori, and about 90,000 residents were advised to take shelter at evacuation centers, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.
Satoshi Kato, a vice principal of a public high school in Hachinohe, told NHK that he was at home when the quake struck, and that glasses and bowls fell and smashed into shards on the floor.
Kato said he drove to the school because it was designated an evacuation center, and on the way he encountered traffic jams and car accidents as panicked people tried to flee. Nobody had yet come to the school to take shelter, he said.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in brief comment to reporters, said the government set up an emergency task force to urgently assess the extent of damage. “We are putting people’s lives first and doing everything we can,” she said.
The quake struck about 80 kilometres (50 miles) northeast of Hachinohe, and about 50 kilometres (30 miles) below the sea surface, the meteorological agency said.
It was just north of the Japanese coast that suffered the magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami in 2011 that killed nearly 20,000 people.
Magnitude 7.6 quake triggers a tsunami on Japan’s northern coast
A powerful 7. 6-magnitude earthquake struck late Monday off northern Japan, triggering a tsunami of up to 70 centimetres (27 inches) in Pacific coast communities and warnings of potentially higher surges, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.
