TOKYO, Jan 6 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, struck Shimane Prefecture in western Japan, today, with no tsunami warning issued, the country’s weather agency said.
The temblor occurred at 10:18 a.m. local time, in eastern Shimane Prefecture, at a depth of about 10 kilometres, measuring upper 5 on Japan’s seismic scale of 7, in the hardest-hit areas in Shimane and Tottori prefectures, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The quake’s epicentre was located at a latitude of 35.3 degrees north, and a longitude of 133.2 degrees east.
An earthquake early warning was issued for this quake, according to the JMA.– NNN-NHK