TOKYO, June 25 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck off Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Thursday, the country's weather agency said, reported Xinhua.
The temblor occurred at 7.30 am local time off Iwate's eastern coast at a depth of about 50 kilometres, measuring upper 6 on Japan's seismic scale of 7 in Hashikami Town in Aomori Prefecture, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The shaking was clearly felt in Tokyo.
The quake's epicentre was located at a latitude of 40.2 degrees north and a longitude of142.3 degrees east.
No tsunami advisory was issued.
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