M4.4 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Tokara Islands; No Tsunami Threat, Says JMA

The Yomiuri Shimbun

13:21 JST, July 6, 2025

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.4 struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at about 12:42 p.m. on Sunday. Akusekijima Island, part of Kagoshima Prefecture’s Toshima Village, registered a 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, there is no threat of a tsunami from this quake. The agency estimated the epicenter to be at a depth of about 20 kilometers.

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