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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck adjacent the eastbound coast of Honshu, Japan, on Friday (May 15, 2026), the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The quake deed astatine 8:22 p.m. (1122 GMT) successful Pacific waters disconnected bluish Miyagi prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, but determination were nary contiguous reports of immoderate damage.
The quake's depth was 10 kilometres (6.21 miles) beneath the earth's surface, GFZ said.
The tremor comes aft a almighty 7.7 magnitude earthquake deed adjacent the bluish portion successful April, which prompted a tsunami alert astatine the time.
