M6.5 quake rocks central Japan amid Golden Week holidays, 1 dies

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast in central Japan on Friday, leaving one person dead and more than 20 injured, authorities said. No tsunami warning was issued.The quake occurred at 2:42 p.m., registering an upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, about 110 kilometers northeast of the popular tourism spot of Kanazawa.Some buildings collapsed in Suzu at the tip of the Noto Peninsula while traffic and events were disrupted during the nation's Golden Week holidays. The quake originated at a …READ FULL ARTICLE