Within 26 minutes of two deadly earthquakes striking Venezuela, a strong M6.9 earthquake struck offshore of Japan. Thankfully, the damage that latter June 25th 2026 earthquake caused was minimal, and this can be owed largely to the depth the earthquake struck at. Today's video will discuss why exactly Japan's recent earthquake occurred and if it was triggered by the Venezuelan earthquakes through the knowledge and analysis of a geologist. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, Data LDEO-Columbia, NSF, NOAA, Image Landsat / Copernicus. This image was overlaid with text, and then overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the image border & the GeologyHub logo). Note: This video's title refers to the fact that ALL M6 range earthquakes, regardless of depth earn the moniker of "strong". A special thanks to the EarthquakeSim YouTube channel for granting me permission to use clips of his footage! Video Sources from the EarthquakeSim YouTube channel: [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLCEDINUFao [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_4G7ig5Gw Subscribe to EarthquakeSim at: https://www.youtube.com/@EarthquakeSim If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Survey 0:00 M6.9 Japan Earthquake 0:33 Just a Coincidence 1:43 Geologic Setting 1:56 Earthquake Mechanism 3:34 Megathrust Zones