6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture
The temblor occurred at around 8.58am local time
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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 8.58am local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 37.7 degrees north and a longitude of 141.8 degrees east, and at depth of 40 km.
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.