Emergency Info BC says there is no tsunami threat to B.C.’s coast after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan Monday.
The earthquake hit just before 1 a.m. Pacific time (just before 5 p.m. in Japan) on Monday, April 20 off the east coast of Honshu. it was at a depth of 9.6 kilometres.
Japan issued tsunami warnings that were in effect until just after 4 p.m. local time. It was downgraded to notice of vigilance for the aftershocks.
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi posted to social media in the aftermath, saying that officials were still determining the damage.