6.1-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

6.1-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued
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Updated: 2021-05-16 12:34
TOKYO - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck off Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The temblor occurred at around 0:24 pm local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 41.9 degrees north and a longitude of 144.9 degrees east, and at depth of 60 km.
The quake logged 3 in some parts of Hokkaido Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.
So far no tsunami warning has been issued.
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