Earthquake (Representational image)
\n\nAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck the waters off the eastern coast of Japan on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, with shaking felt in central Tokyo, according to news agency Xinhua.
\n\nAccording to the weather agency, the temblor occurred at around 7:39 p.m. local time at a depth of about 10 km, measuring 3 on Japan's 0-to-7 seismic-intensity scale in parts of Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures.
\n\nThe quake's epicenter was located at a latitude of 35.0 degrees north and a longitude of 142.2 degrees east.
\n\nNo tsunami warning has been issued so far.
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