This image from the Japan Meteorological Agency website shows the seismic intensity of the quake that struck at 5:37 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2021.

       TOKYO -- A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck in the Sea of Japan on the evening of Sept. 29, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

       The 5:37 p.m. quake, which struck at a depth of 400 kilometers, registered a 3 on the 7-point Japanese seismic intensity scale over a wide area of Japan including Saitama, Ibaraki, Fukushima, Iwate, Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures. There were no immediate reports of damage, and the temblor did not pose a tsunami threat, the agency said.

       (Mainichi)

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