6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan''s Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued
Date
5/14/2021 12:09:59 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), reports citing Xinhua.
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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