🌊 Earthquake + Tsunami Japan — April 20, 2026
📍 Technical Data of the Earthquake
An M 7.4 earthquake occurred at 4:53 PM Japan time in the Pacific Ocean, off the northern coast of Iwate Prefecture.
The depth of the hypocenter is only 10 km — classified as a shallow earthquake, which is why the shaking felt very strong.
Mechanism: thrust fault, due to the subduction of the Pacific Plate with the Okhotsk Plate.
The epicenter is located 71 km from Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture (USGS version)
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