Tokyo, Jan 6 (IANS) Several people have been injured after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Shimane Prefecture in western Japan on Tuesday, local media reported. The temblor occurred at 10:18 a.m. local time in eastern Shimane Prefecture at a depth of about 10 kilometres, measuring upper 5 on Japan’s seismic scale of 7 in the hardest-hit areas in Shimane and Tottori prefectures, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).The quake’s epicentre was located at a latitude of 35.3 degrees north and …
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Tokyo, Jan 6 (IANS) An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 jolted the Japanese prefectures of Shimane and Tottori on Tuesday, local media reported.However, according to the country’s weather agency, no tsunami warning has been issued, reports Kyodo News.At 10:18 a.m. (local time), a tremor hit eastern Shimane Prefecture, registering upper 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale of 7.This was followed by additional quakes measuring lower 5, or M5.1, at 10:28 a.m. and 4, or M5.4, at 10:37 a.m.The initial ear…