translated from Spanish: Earthquake of magnitude 6.8 shook northeastern Japan without tsunami warning

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Saturday, with no Japanese authorities issuing a tsunami warning or property damage. The earthquake occurred at 10.27 local time on Saturday, with epicenter off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture and about 60 kilometers deep under the seabed. The earthquake reached level 5 on the Japanese scale in northeastern Japan, with a maximum of 7 and focused on measuring agitation on the surface and affected areas, without the intensity of the tremor. In other areas of northeastern Japan, including part of Iwate and Fukushima prefectures, the teluric movement reached lower level 5 or 5, according to data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The tremor also felt strong in Tokyo, where a level 3 was recorded on the Japanese scale, according to the JMA. TEPCO, the operator of the rugged Fukushima Daiichi plant, detected no irregularities in eer the plant or its other plants located in the areas affected by the tremor. Authorities in Miyagi and Fukushima reported that three people were slightly injured in earthquake-related accidents. The earthquake also caused the temporary disruption of some sections of railway lines, including a high-speed one that runs through the northeast of the country. All lines returned to normal operation after 5 hours after the quake. Japan sits on the so-called Ring of Fire, one of the most active seismic areas in the world, and suffers earthquakes relatively frequently, so its infrastructures are specially designed to withstand tremors.

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