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  09 Dec 2021, 10:00
Update : 09 Dec 2021, 10:03

6.0-magnitude quake strikes Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

   TOKYO, Dec 9, 2021 (BSS/XINHUA) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on
Thursday struck Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture, according to the Japan
Meteorological Agency.

   The temblor occurred at around 11:05 a.m. local time, with its epicenter
at a latitude of 29.4 degrees north and a longitude of 129.4 degrees east at
a depth of 20 km.

   The quake logged five upper in some parts of Tokyo Prefecture on the
Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at seven. So far no tsunami
warning has been issued.