M5.1 quake hits southwestern Japan, no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 hit Miyazaki Prefecture and other areas in southwestern Japan on Monday but no tsunami warning was issued, Japan's weather agency said.The 10:25 a.m. quake registered lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the prefecture, with no immediate reports of casualties.The focus of the temblor was off the eastern coast of Osumi Peninsula on the southwestern main island of Kyushu, occurring at a depth of 39 kilometers, revised from an earlier estimate of 40 km.The Japan Meteorological Agency earlier estimated the quake's magnitude at 5.2.No abno…READ FULL ARTICLE