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5.8-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

 ANI | Apr 18, 2021, 08:06 IST

TOKYO: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).


The temblor occurred at 9:29 am local time (0029 GMT), with its epicenter at a latitude of 38.3 degrees north and a longitude of 141.9 degrees east, and at depth of 50 km.


The quake logged 4 in some parts of Miyagi Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.
So far, no tsunami warning has been issued.

 

(Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/5-8-magnitude-quake-strikes-off-japans-miyagi-prefecture-no-tsunami-warning-issued/articleshow/82125242.cms