TOKYO, May 1 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6, struck off Japan’s north-eastern Miyagi Prefecture today, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The temblor occurred at 10:27 a.m. local time (0127 GMT), at the depth of 60 km, with its epicentre at a latitude of 38.1 degrees north, and a longitude of 141.8 degrees east.
The quake logged upper 5 in some parts of Miyagi Prefecture, on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.
So far no tsunami warning has been issued.– NNN-NHK
