Earthquake Japan 2025. The japan meteorological association (jma) warning is the first issued under new rules drawn up after a 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster killed around 18,500 people. Scenes of devastation emerged along japan’s western coast tuesday as rescuers raced to save residents trapped in the rubble of a 7.5 magnitude quake that triggered multiple.

Thursday’s 7.1 earthquake has heightened concerns among experts, who warn that it could be a precursor to an even larger rupture along a fault line off the japanese coast. Japan’s “major earthquake” warning has put much of the country on high alert, even as some experts cast doubt on whether such an advisory is necessary or accurate.