The earthquake registered 5.1 magnitude at struck at a depth of 37 miles.
The Japan earthquake struck 46 miles from the town of Miyako, which is home to more than 50,000 people.
Morioka-shi, home to nearly 300,000 people, is 73 miles from the epicentre.
It comes after a week of chaos in the region, with a volcanic eruption sparking a fatal avalaunche in Japan earlier this week.
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