Earthquake Of Magnitude 6.0 Jolts Japan's Hokkaido: Report
An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck Hokkaido in Japan, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck Hokkaido in Japan, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said, as reported by the news agency Reuters. The epicentre of the earthquake was 46 kilometres (28.58 miles) below the Earth's surface, GFZ said.
In March, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 had struck Japan's Hokkaido at 2.48 pm (local time), according to the National Center for Seismology. According to Japan Meteorological Agency, the earthquake tremors wore felt in the Hokkaido, Aomori, and Iwate provinces. State-run agency of Turkey.
Last week, an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the eastern Chinese province of Shandong on Sunday and left 21 people injured. According to the state broadcaster, 126 buildings also collapsed during the earthquake. The depth of the earthquake was registered at 10 kilometres under the surface. It jolted Pingyuan County of Dezhou City at 12:03 am (IST) on Sunday, as per the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Following the earthquake, China Railway Group suspended some train operations on the routes that included the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and Beijing-Kowloon Railway, reported news agency Reuters.
Japan is an earthquake-prone nation which is located in the Pacific 'Ring of Fire' — an area in the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. This makes Japan one of the most seismically active countries in the world. The country has experienced many devastating earthquakes and tsunamis in the past, including the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011, which claimed thousands of lives and caused widespread damage.
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