A 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes the northeast coast off Japan

Tokyo.- A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the northeast coast off the Japanese archipelago and was especially felt in Hokkaido, without Japanese authorities issuing a tsunami alert. The earthquake occurred at 3:51 local time, with its epicenter at the southern tip of Hokkaido Island, where it reached level 4 on the Japanese scale, with a maximum of 7 and focused on measuring the agitation on the surface and the affected areas, rather than the intensity of the tremor.

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According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), today’s was a “long-period ground motion of class 1“, a slow tremor that lasts more than two seconds and particularly affects tall buildings, although no injuries or damage have been reported at the moment.

Japan is located on the so-called Ring of Fire, one of the most active seismic zones in the world, and experiences earthquakes relatively frequently, so its infrastructure is specially designed to withstand tremors.