M5.9 quake hits northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck northeastern Japan early Wednesday, leaving three people injured, but there was no threat of a tsunami and no major property damage reported, the weather agency and local authorities said.The quake occurred at 2:46 a.m., logging upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Hashikami, Aomori Prefecture, with the focus in the Pacific Ocean off Iwate Prefecture at a depth of about 56 kilometers, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.<READ EARTHQUAKE ALERT ISSUED BY JMA HERE>At the intensity level of upper 5, many people find it hard to mov…READ FULL ARTICLE