6.2-magnitude quake jolts Japan's Hokkaido; no tsunami warning issued

TOKYO, June 11 (Bernama-Xinhua):An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck parts of Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido on Sunday.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 6.55 pm local time at a depth of 140 km, measuring lower 5 on Japan's seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

The temblor's epicentre was located off Urakawa at a latitude of 42.5 degrees north and a longitude of 142.0 degrees east.

No tsunami warning has been issued, reported Xinhua. - Bernama-Xinhua