6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Japan's Hokkaido

A magnitude-6 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan’s Hokkaido island on Sunday evening, with no tsunami warning issued.

According to data from the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake occurred at 22:44 local time, with its epicenter located off the coast of Urakawa in Hokkaido, at a depth of approximately 40 kilometers.

Some areas in Hokkaido experienced shaking intensity of 4 on the Japanese seismic scale, while Japanese authorities confirmed there was no risk of a tsunami resulting from the earthquake.

Estimates of the earthquake’s magnitude varied among monitoring agencies, with some centers reporting values higher than the Japan Meteorological Agency’s estimate of 6.