The magnitude of the earthquake off the coast of Japan has been revised to 7.2

On June 25, the General Meteorological Administration of Japan revised the estimate of the magnitude of the earthquake in the northeast of the country, raising it from 6.9 to 7.2.

The data on the depth of the hearth has also been adjusted from 50 to 44 km, RIA Novosti reports.

The earthquake occurred at 7:30 a.m. (1:30 a.m. Moscow time) off the coast of Iwate Prefecture. It is specified that the danger of a tsunami was not announced, the tremors were felt in Tokyo. There are currently no reports of damage or casualties, and no emergencies have been recorded at the nuclear power plant.

"Ion" and she: the location of the future earthquake will be predicted using atmospheric analysis

How the new software will help scientists understand the mechanisms of development of destructive seismic events

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), on June 25, an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 was registered off the coast of the Japanese island of Honshu. It was clarified that the source of the cataclysm was in the Pacific Ocean and lay at a depth of 53 km.