An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 hit the East Coast of Honshu in Japan on 4 April. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reproted thta the dept of the quake was 32 km, however, as per the National Center for Seismology, the dept of the quake was 55 Km.
On 3 April, a tsunami alert was issued for Japan’s Okinawa after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck in Taiwan. This was followed by the main airport in Japan’s Okinawa suspending its flights. A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck offshore Taiwan, shaking the capital city of Taipei and prompting tsunami warnings for the islands of southern Japan and the Philippines. The quake’s impact was felt as far as Shanghai, according to a Reuters witness. As per China’s state media, the quake was also felt in Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, and Ningde in China’s Fujian province.
Prior to that, on 2 April, a quake of 6.1 magnitude struck Japan’s northern coast of Iwate prefecture on the intervening night of Monday-Tuesday, Japan’s Meteorological Centre had said. The earthquake occurred at 00:59 am (IST). The epicentre of the earthquake was the northern coastal part of Iwate Prefecture, the agency said, adding that a tsunami warning had not been issued.
