M6.1 earthquake jolts northeast Japan, no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 shook northeastern Japan early Sunday, with no tsunami warning issued, the weather agency said. The focus of the 5:21 a.m. quake was in the Pacific off Iwate Prefecture at a depth of about 40 kilometers, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake measured lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of Aomori and Iwate prefectures. READ: No major damage after 7.2-magnitude earthquake off Japan No abnormalities were reported at the Higashidori nuclear power plant in Aomori or at the Onagawa nuclear power complex in Miyagi Prefecture, […]... Keep on reading: M6.1 earthquake jolts northeast Japan, no tsunami warning issued