A television screen shows a news report on Japan Meteorological Agency's tsunami warning, saying it expected tsunami waves of up to 3m to reach large coastal areas in northern Japan after an earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan on Apr 20, 2026. (Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato)

Major 7.5-magnitude quake hits off northern Japan, tsunami warning issued

The tremor was strong enough to shake large buildings as far as Tokyo.

· CNA · Join

Read a summary of this article on FAST.
Get bite-sized news via a new
cards interface. Give it a try.
Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST
FAST

TOKYO: A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan on Monday (Apr 20), Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, issuing a tsunami warning for waves up to 3m in Iwate, Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures.

The quake which hit at 4.53pm local time (3.53pm Singapore time) in Pacific waters off northern Iwate prefecture was 10km deep and strong enough to shake large buildings as far as Tokyo, hundreds of kilometres away.

Follow for the latest:

Source: Agencies/fh/zl

Newsletter

Week in Review

Subscribe to our Chief Editor’s Week in Review

Our chief editor shares analysis and picks of the week's biggest news every Saturday.

Newsletter

Morning Brief

Subscribe to CNA’s Morning Brief

An automated curation of our top stories to start your day.

Sign up for our newsletters

Get our pick of top stories and thought-provoking articles in your inbox

Subscribe here

Get the CNA app

Stay updated with notifications for breaking news and our best stories

Download here

Get WhatsApp alerts

Join our channel for the top reads for the day on your preferred chat app

Join here