5.5-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Miyazaki, no tsunami warning issued
16:54 UTC+8, 2021-10-06
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on Wednesday struck off Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
16:54 UTC+8, 2021-10-06
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on Wednesday struck off Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The temblor occurred at around 5:13 pm local time (0813 GMT), with its epicenter being at a latitude of 31.3 degrees north and a longitude of 131.5 degrees east, and at depth of 40 km.
The quake logged 4 in some parts of Miyazaki Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.
So far no tsunami warning has been issued.
Source: Xinhua
Editor: Zhang Long
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