The national seismic monitoring network of the National Center for Meteorology announced on Monday evening that it recorded an earthquake in Japan. The center stated on the platform "X" (formerly Twitter), "The stations of the national seismic monitoring network of the National Center for Meteorology recorded an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale in Japan." It added that the tremor was recorded at "11:24 PM on 01/04/2024 according to the local time of the United Arab Emirates."