5.8-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

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n earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at 929 am local time (0029 GMT), with its epicenter at a latitude of 38.3 degrees north and a longitude of 141.9 degrees east, and at depth of 50 km.

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

So far, no tsunami warning has been issued. (ANI/Xinhua)

✔️ 5.8-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

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