THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 1, 2021 at 12:09 JST
Intensities in major areas
A strong earthquake struck wide areas of the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan on May 1.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The quake hit at 10:27 a.m. and its focus was off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Some parts of the prefecture recorded intensities as strong as upper 5 on the Japanese scale of 7. The quake was also felt in other parts of the Tohoku region as well as the Kanto region.
No tsunami was triggered by the quake.
The JMA said the focus of the temblor was at a depth of 60 kilometers and its estimated magnitude was 6.6.
Among municipalities in Miyagi Prefecture that recorded intensities of upper 5 were Osaki, Wakuya and Ishinomaki.
Localities that recorded an intensity of lower 5 were Hashikami in Aomori Prefecture at the northern tip of the main Honshu island, Miyagino Ward in Sendai, Miyagi’s prefectural capital, Kesennuma and Onagawa in Miyagi, Kamaishi and Ichinoseki in Iwate Prefecture and Soma and Minami-Soma in Fukushima Prefecture.
Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima were the hardest hit prefectures in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that claimed nearly 20,000 lives.
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