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6.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

Other News Materials 4 August 2019 15:31 (UTC +04:00)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off Fukushima Prefecture of Japan on Sunday
6.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off Fukushima Prefecture of Japan on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Trend reports citing Xinhua.

The temblor occurred at 7:23 p.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 37.7 degrees north and a longitude of 141.7 degrees east, and at depth of 50 km.

The quake logged 5 minus in some parts of Fukushima Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

So far no tsunami warning has been issued.

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