M6.1 quake jolts northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 shook northeastern Japan early Sunday, but it posed no threat of tsunami, the weather agency said.The focus of the 5:21 a.m. quake was in the Pacific off Iwate Prefecture at a depth of about 40 kilometers, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.The quake measured lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of Aomori and Iwate prefectures.No abnormalities were reported at the Higashidori nuclear power plant in Aomori or at the Onagawa nuclear power complex in Miyagi Prefecture, according to Tohoku Electric Power Co.The…READ FULL ARTICLE