Tokyo, May 5 : An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Japans Ishikawa prefecture and its surrounding areas on Friday, but there is no threat of a tsunami, the countrys weather agency said.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 2.42 p.m.(local time), at a depth of 10 km, registering an upper 6 on the national seismic intensity scale of 7 in the city of Suzu, upper 5 in Noto and lower 5 in Wajima, Xinhua news reported.The agency said there was no threat of a tsunami, but sea level changes of less than 20 cm were possible.
No abnormalities have been detected at the Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa, as well as at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the neighboring prefecture of Niigata, Kyodo News reported.#magnitude #quake #hits #Japan #tsunami #threat.
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