Heads up if you’re travelling in Japan! The Land of the Rising Sun was recently rattled by a pair of powerful earthquakes. On Tuesday night, 26 Nov 2024, a 6.4 magnitude tremor hit the Ishikawa prefecture, followed by a 6.2 magnitude quake near the west coast of Honshu.

Japan was rocked by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake off its western coast.

A woman in her 70s was later reported injured in the town of Tsubata, Kyodo news agency reported, citing the prefectural government.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck Ishikawa and other central Japan prefectures Tuesday, the weather agency sai

Earlier in January, a stronger 7.2 magnitude quake hit the Noto region of Japan. The tremors led to significant damages to roads and infrastructure while 370 people were killed.

TOKYO -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted off Japan's western Ishikawa Tuesday, according to the country's weather agency. The temblor occurred at 10:47 pm local time at a depth of 10 km, measuring lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of the prefecture, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit near Honshu, Japan's west coast, with no tsunami warning or immediate damage reports. The quake occurred at an 8 km depth, as reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

Earlier on 1 January 2024, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region, killing more than 370 people and damaging roads and other infrastructure.