Magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits northeast Japan without tsunami warning

A earthquake of magnitude 5.5 shook a large area of ​​northeastern Japanwhere it was strongly felt, without the tsunami warning being activated nor any resulting damage being recorded.

The earthquake occurred at 4:33 am local time today (19:33 GMT on Monday) and had its epicenter 60 kilometers deep under the sea, off the coast of the province of Miyagiin the northeast of the country, according to Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

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The tremor reached level 4 on the Japanese seismic scale (7 levels and focused on measuring surface shaking and potential damage) and the same level in neighboring prefectures of Iwate It is Fukushima.

No anomalies were detected at the nuclear plant Onagawaat the Miyagi Prefectureaccording to the operator.

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Japan sit on the call Fire ringone of the most active seismic zones in the world, and suffers earthquakes relatively frequently, which is why its infrastructure is specially designed to resist tremors.

Source: Elcomercio

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