--- description: There were no immediate reports of injuries title: 7.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Near Japan image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 7.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Near Japan  by [Julie Shapiro](/author/julie-shapiro/)  ## Julie Shapiro Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2015 12:40 AM CUT  by [Julie Shapiro](/author/julie-shapiro/)  ## Julie Shapiro Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2015 12:40 AM CUT A 7.0-magnitude earthquake [struck off the coast of Japan](http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/m7-0-quake-hits-off-kyushu-tsunami-alert-issued "undefined") early Saturday morning. The quake, which hit near the the country’s southwestern islands just before 6 a.m. local time, triggered a small tsunami of about 1 ft. (30 cm),[ according to the Japan Meteorological Agency](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34816292 "undefined"). There were no immediate reports of injuries. There was no threat of a tsunami traveling across the Pacific Ocean to the western coast of North America, the [National Tsunami Warning Center said](http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/asia/ryukyu-islands-japan-earthquake/index.html "undefined"). **Read Next**: [_Meet the People Living on the San Andreas Fault Line_](http://time.com/3971553/meet-the-people-living-on-the-san-andreas-fault-line/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4112558/japan-earthquake-7-magnitude/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4112558/japan-earthquake-7-magnitude/"},"headline":"7.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Near Japan","datePublished":"2015-11-14T00:40:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:52:47.230Z","description":"There were no immediate reports of injuries","url":"https://time.com/4112558/japan-earthquake-7-magnitude/","keywords":["Japan"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julie Shapiro","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/julie-shapiro/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4112558/japan-earthquake-7-magnitude/","name":"7.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Near Japan"}}]}] ```