NewsAlert: Powerful earthquake in western Japan, no danger of tsunami

NewsAlert: Powerful earthquake in western Japan, no danger of tsunami | iNFOnews.ca
This aerial photo shows fallen tomb stones scattered at a cemetery following an earthquake in Kurayoshi, Tottori prefecture, western Japan, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck western Japan on Friday, toppling shelves and knocking out power to thousands of homes. There was no risk of a tsunami. (Kyodo News via AP)

TOKYO – A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 shakes western Japan, but there is no danger of a tsunami being caused.

The Meteorological Agency said the earthquake occurred Friday at 2:10 p.m. local time in Japan’s western prefecture of Tottori, about 700 kilometres west of Tokyo, at a depth of 10 kilometres underground.

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