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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
TOKYO, December 10 (Xinhua) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck late Wednesday evening off the coast of Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported, adding that there was no tsunami threat.
According to the JMA, the earthquake occurred at 11:52 p.m. local time off the Pacific coast of Aomori Prefecture at a depth of 30 km, with the shaking in the village of Gonohe measuring 4.0 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale (SES).
The epicenter of the tremors was recorded at a point with coordinates of 40.9 degrees north latitude and 142.8 degrees east longitude.
Late in the evening of December 8, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the same area. In parts of Aomori, its magnitude exceeded 6 on the Japanese earthquake scale. The JMA then issued tsunami warnings for Iwate Prefecture, as well as parts of Hokkaido and Aomori Prefectures.
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