Tsunami Advisory Issued after Quake off Iwate Prefecture

From Jiji

November 9 2025

IWATE – The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture in the Tohoku northeastern region following an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.7 on Sunday afternoon. 
   The earthquake occurred at a depth of about 10 kilometers off the Iwate coast at around 5:03 p.m.
   It registered 4, the sixth-highest level on the 10-notch Japanese seismic intensity scale, in the city of Morioka and the town of Yahaba, as well as the town of Wakuya in neighboring Miyagi Prefecture.