Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Japan’s East Coast as Another Tremor Shakes Northern Chile

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 was recorded off the east coast of Japan on November 9, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC). The seismic event occurred 195 km from Morioka, a city with a population of 295,000, and was centered at a depth of 19 km. Earlier, on November 3, an earthquake was reported off the coast of northern Chile, with its epicenter located 114 km southwest of Kopyapo, a city with approximately 129,000 residents, and a depth estimated at 25 km.