6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

2021-05-14 00:35:57 GMT2021-05-14 08:35:57(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

TOKYO, May 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at around 8:58 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 37.7 degrees north and a longitude of 141.8 degrees east, and at depth of 40 km.

The quake logged 4 in some parts of Fukushima Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

So far no tsunami warning has been issued. 

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