M5.9 quake jolts southwestern Japan, no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Japan's southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki and other areas early Sunday, the weather agency said. No tsunami warning was issued.The quake occurred at 12:02 a.m., registering lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Nichinan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.Its focus was at a depth of about 30 kilometers off the Osumi Peninsula. The agency updated the magnitude from the initially reported 5.8.The quake registered 4 in the city of Miyazaki and some other parts of the prefecture and 3 in the nearby prefectures of Ehi…READ FULL ARTICLE