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5.9-magnitude quake strikes southwestern Japan: JMA

TOKYO, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki and different areas early Sunday, the climate company right here mentioned, with no tsunami warnings issued.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the quake occurred at 12:02 a.m. native time with its focus at a depth of about 30 kilometers off the Osumi Peninsula, registering decrease 5 on Japan’s seismic depth scale within the metropolis of Nichinan.

The temblor measured 4 within the metropolis of Miyazaki on the Japanese seismic depth scale which peaks at 7 and another elements of the prefecture and three within the close by prefectures of Ehime, Saga, Kumamoto, Oita and Kagoshima, the JMA mentioned.

The company didn’t problem a tsunami warning on account of the quake and there have been no instant reviews of accidents or accidents on account of the quake.

No abnormalities had been discovered at Sendai nuclear energy plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, the operator Kyushu Electric Power Co. mentioned.

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