An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Friday.

While no injuries or deaths were reported from the quake, the tremor&nbsp;scared the residents of Atsuma where more than 40 people were killed in a 6.7 magnitude earthquake last month.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the magnitude 5.3 quake Friday morning was centred in southern Hokkaido near Atsuma.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Friday. While no injuries or deaths were reported from the quake, the tremor scared the residents of Atsuma where more than 40 people were killed in a 6.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Friday. While no injuries or deaths were reported from the quake, the tremor scared the residents of Atsuma where more than 40 people were killed in a 6.7 magnitude earthquake last month. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the magnitude 5.3 quake Friday morning was centred in southern Hokkaido near Atsuma.

5.3 magnitude earthquake hits northern Japan

An earthquake of magnitude of 7.4&nbsp;struck northern Japan on Tuesday, followed by a tsunami near Fukushima.

No damage has been reported so far. The earthquake rattled the island nation at 5:59 am (2059 GMT).

The earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo, had its epicentre off the coast&nbsp;of Fukushima prefecture at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles).&nbsp;

A tsunami of up to 1.4 metres (4.5 feet) had been observed around Sendai, about 70 km north of Fukushima, following the quake, public broadcaster NHK said.

Tohoku Electric Power Co&nbsp;said there was no damage to its Onagawa nuclear plant.

All&nbsp;Japan&#39;s nuclear power plants on the coast threatened by the tsunami are shut down in the wake of the March 2011 disaster, which knocked out Tokyo Electric Power Co&#39;s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, spilling radiation into the air and sea.

A spokeswoman for Tokyo Electric Power, known as Tepco, said the cooling system for a storage pool for spent nuclear fuel at the reactor at its Fukushima Daini Plant had been halted. A spokesman said the cooling system had restarted soon after.&nbsp;

No other damage from the quake has been confirmed at any of its power plants, although there have been blackouts in some areas, the spokeswoman said.

The Fukushima nuclear plant&nbsp;was strongly affected by a strong earthquake and subsequent&nbsp;tsunami in March 2011. The Onagawa plant though withstood the natural calamity.

Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is currently in Argentina, said:&nbsp;&quot;We will also work together with local municipalities, and become united as a government to ensure safety and respond to disasters the best we can.&quot;

Earthquake&nbsp;are common in Japan, one of the world&#39;s most seismically active areas. Japan accounts for about 20 percent of the world&#39;s earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.

The March 11, 2011&nbsp;quake was of magnitude 9, the strongest quake in Japan on record. The massive tsunami it triggered caused world&#39;s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl a quarter of a century earlier.

All nuclear plants on the coast threatened by the tsunami are shutdown in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. Only two reactors are operating in Japan, both in the southwest of the country. Even when in shutdown nuclear plants need cooling systems operating to keep spent fuel cool.

(WION with inputs from Reuters)

There were no immediate reports of damage or injury but operations at the Fukushima nuclear plant were briefly halted

An earthquake of magnitude of 7.4 struck northern Japan on Tuesday, followed by a tsunami near Fukushima. No damage has been reported so far. The earthquake rattled the island nation at 5:59 am (2059 GMT). The earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo, had its epicentre off the coast of Fukushima prefecture at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami of up to 1.4 metres (4.5 feet) had been observed around Sendai, about 70 km north of Fukushima, following the quake, public broadcaster NHK said. Tohoku Electric Power Co said there was no damage to its Onagawa nuclear plant. All Japan's nuclear power plants on the coast threatened by the tsunami are shut down in the wake of the March 2011 disaster, which knocked out Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, spilling radiation into the air and sea. A spokeswoman for Tokyo Electric Power, known as Tepco, said the cooling system for a storage pool for spent nuclear fuel at the reactor at its Fukushima Daini Plant had been halted. A spokesman said the cooling system had restarted soon after. No other damage from the quake has been confirmed at any of its power plants, although there have been blackouts in some areas, the spokeswoman said. The Fukushima nuclear plant was strongly affected by a strong earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011. The Onagawa plant though withstood the natural calamity. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is currently in Argentina, said: "We will also work together with local municipalities, and become united as a government to ensure safety and respond to disasters the best we can." Earthquake are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. Japan accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater. The March 11, 2011 quake was of magnitude 9, the strongest quake in Japan on record. The massive tsunami it triggered caused world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl a quarter of a century earlier. All nuclear plants on the coast threatened by the tsunami are shutdown in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. Only two reactors are operating in Japan, both in the southwest of the country. Even when in shutdown nuclear plants need cooling systems operating to keep spent fuel cool. (WION with inputs from Reuters)

7.4 earthquake hits Japan, followed by tsunami

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off the coast of Japan, 65 km east-northeast of the city of Sendai, at 6:43 am&nbsp;on Saturday (2143 GMT Friday), the US&nbsp;Geological Survey said.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said no tsunami warning had been posted. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said, &quot;a destructive pacific-wide tsunami is not expected&quot;.

(Reuters)

No tsunami warning has been posted, the Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off the coast of Japan, 65 km east-northeast of the city of Sendai, at 6:43 am on Saturday (2143 GMT Friday), the US Geological Survey said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said no tsunami warning had been posted. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said, "a destructive pacific-wide tsunami is not expected". (Reuters)

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes 70 km off Japan coast

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit Japan on Thursday morning &nbsp;but there were no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami warning was not issued, Reuters reported.&nbsp;

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The epicentre of the earthquake, which occurred at 11:50 a.m. (0250 GMT), was in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency was quoted as saying.&nbsp;

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Japan, one of the world&#39;s most seismically active areas, accounts for about 20 per cent of the world&#39;s earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater, Reuters reported.&nbsp;

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(WION with inputs from Reuters)&nbsp; 
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No tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit Japan on Thursday morning but there were no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami warning was not issued, Reuters reported. The epicentre of the earthquake, which occurred at 11:50 a.m. (0250 GMT), was in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency was quoted as saying. Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas, accounts for about 20 per cent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater, Reuters reported. (WION with inputs from Reuters)

5.3 magnitude quake rattles eastern Japan?

A strong undersea earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck southeast of Tokyo on Friday morning, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. However, there were no reports of injuries or damage.&nbsp; 
 
Japan Meteorological Agency measured the quake at a slightly higher than 6.5 magnitude, AFP reported. The agency added that there was no threat of Tsunami.&nbsp; 
 
The shallow quake hit at 09:14 am (0014 GMT), about 150 kilometres (90 miles) east-southeast of Katsuura city. The &nbsp;epicentre was reported about 226 kms (138 miles) southeast of the Japanese capital, Tokyo, at a shallow depth of 10 km (6 miles), according to Reuters.&nbsp; 
 
Japan&#39;s weather agency was quoted as saying by Reuters that there &nbsp;could be slight changes in the sea level.&nbsp; 
 
Earlier in April, two strong quakes had struck southern Japan&#39;s Kumamoto prefecture followed by more than 1,700 aftershocks, and left at least 50 dead, AFP observed.&nbsp; 
 
The international news agency further stressed in its report that Japan sits at the junction of four tectonic plates and experiences a number of relatively violent quakes every year. Rigid building codes, however, and their strict enforcement mean even strong tremors often do little damage. 
 
(WION with inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

Following the strong quake, Japan Meteorological Agency said that there's no threat of Tsunami

A strong undersea earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck southeast of Tokyo on Friday morning, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. However, there were no reports of injuries or damage. Japan Meteorological Agency measured the quake at a slightly higher than 6.5 magnitude, AFP reported. The agency added that there was no threat of Tsunami. The shallow quake hit at 09:14 am (0014 GMT), about 150 kilometres (90 miles) east-southeast of Katsuura city. The epicentre was reported about 226 kms (138 miles) southeast of the Japanese capital, Tokyo, at a shallow depth of 10 km (6 miles), according to Reuters. Japan's weather agency was quoted as saying by Reuters that there could be slight changes in the sea level. Earlier in April, two strong quakes had struck southern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture followed by more than 1,700 aftershocks, and left at least 50 dead, AFP observed. The international news agency further stressed in its report that Japan sits at the junction of four tectonic plates and experiences a number of relatively violent quakes every year. Rigid building codes, however, and their strict enforcement mean even strong tremors often do little damage. (WION with inputs from agencies)

6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, no damage reported?

At least six people died and a university student was missing on Wednesday as record-breaking rains battered parts of southwestern Japan still reeling from earthquakes two months ago, setting off flooding and landslides. 
 
Hundreds of thousands people were advised to evacuate a wide swathe of Kyushu, Japan&#39;s southernmost main island, where 49 people died in earthquakes in April that weakened the ground and left it prone to landslides, NHK national news channel reported. 
 
&quot;I was in such a hurry to leave I don&#39;t have anything more than what I&#39;m wearing,&quot; one elderly woman told NHK at an evacuation centre. 
 
Among those killed were a couple in their 80s whose house in Kumamoto was engulfed by mud after some places were hit by more than 100 millimetres of rain in an hour. 
 
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in Kumamoto on Wednesday to kick off campaigning for an election next month for parliament&#39;s upper house. 
 
Authorities warned of further landslides in areas where the ground was weakened by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake in April and several thousand people are still living in evacuation centres. 
 
The area has been shaken by a steady series of aftershocks, including one on Wednesday morning. 
 
(Reuters)

Authorities had issued warnings and advised people to evacuate areas where the ground was weakened by an April earthquake

At least six people died and a university student was missing on Wednesday as record-breaking rains battered parts of southwestern Japan still reeling from earthquakes two months ago, setting off flooding and landslides. Hundreds of thousands people were advised to evacuate a wide swathe of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island, where 49 people died in earthquakes in April that weakened the ground and left it prone to landslides, NHK national news channel reported. "I was in such a hurry to leave I don't have anything more than what I'm wearing," one elderly woman told NHK at an evacuation centre. Among those killed were a couple in their 80s whose house in Kumamoto was engulfed by mud after some places were hit by more than 100 millimetres of rain in an hour. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in Kumamoto on Wednesday to kick off campaigning for an election next month for parliament's upper house. Authorities warned of further landslides in areas where the ground was weakened by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake in April and several thousand people are still living in evacuation centres. The area has been shaken by a steady series of aftershocks, including one on Wednesday morning. (Reuters)

At least six dead as record-breaking rains cause landslides in southwestern Japan