TOKYO, Aug 11 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9, struck parts of Japan’s Aomori prefecture, in the northern part of Japan’s main island of Honshu, the country’s weather agency said, today.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 09:14 a.m. local time (0014 GMT), at a depth of 20 km, measuring level 4, on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, which peaks at 7.
The temblor’s epicentre was located off Aomori, at a latitude of 41.2 degrees north and a longitude of 142.9 degrees east.
No tsunami warning has been issued.– NNN-NHK
