Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 hit northeastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The agency said the epicentre of the earthquake was off the Pacific coast of Miyagi prefecture, about 300 kilometres (187 miles) from the capital Tokyo, adding that no tsunami warning had been issued. [caption id=“attachment_46858” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 hit northeastern  Japan on Saturday Reuters”] [/caption] There were no immediate reports of major damage. On 11 March, the northeast coast was struck by a magnitude 9 earthquake, the strongest quake in Japan on record, and a massive tsunami, which triggered the world’s worst nuclear crisis in 25 years, at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The disaster left up to 20,000 dead or missing. Reuters