This photo taken with a mobile phone shows the earthquake information displayed on a screen in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ziyue)
TOKYO, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck northern and northeastern Japan on Monday, the country's weather agency said.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the quake's epicenter was located off Aomori Prefecture at a latitude of 41.0 degrees north and a longitude of 142.3 degrees east.
The JMA has issued a tsunami advisory for the eastern coast of the prefecture and other areas along the Pacific coast. ■
This photo taken with a mobile phone shows the earthquake information displayed on a TV screen in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 9, 2025. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck northeastern Japan late Monday night, with tsunami waves of 40 centimeters having been recorded in areas along the Pacific coast, the country's weather agency said.
The temblor occurred at 11:15 p.m. local time at a depth of 50 km, measuring upper 6 on Japan's seismic scale of 7 in the hardest-hit areas, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). (Xinhua/Chen Ze'an)
