Japan Earthquake 2024. The strongest recent earthquake of the past 10 years near japan occurred on jan 1, 2024 16:10 local time (asia/tokyo timezone). A strong earthquake registering an upper 5 on the japanese seismic intensity scale struck the noto peninsula in ishikawa prefecture early monday, the meteorological.
Updated 8:22 pm pdt, january 2, 2024. A powerful earthquake struck western japan on monday, triggering tsunami warnings and evacuation orders, trapping people under collapsed buildings and.