Japan jolted by magnitude 6 quake, no tsunami alert

06:16 May 14

Japan jolted by magnitude 6 quake

Tokyo (Japan): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at around 8:58 am local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 37.7 degrees north and a longitude of 141.8 degrees east, and at depth of 40 km.

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The quake logged 4 in some parts of Fukushima Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7. 

So far no tsunami warning has been issued. 

(ANI)