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Magnitude-6.1 Earthquake Hits Off Tokyo, Japan

magnitude-6.1 earthquake hits off tokyo, japan

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck the waters off the eastern coast of Japan on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, with shaking felt in central Tokyo, according to news agency Xinhua.

According to the weather agency, the temblor occurred at around 7:39 p.m. local time at a depth of about 10 km, measuring 3 on Japan’s 0-to-7 seismic-intensity scale in parts of Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures.

The quake’s epicenter was located at a latitude of 35.0 degrees north and a longitude of 142.2 degrees east.

No tsunami warning has been issued.

(This is a breaking story)

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