Hokkaido hit by M5.2 quake, biggest since deadly Sept. temblor

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.2 jolted Hokkaido on Friday morning, the biggest since a deadly temblor that rocked Japan's northernmost main island about a month ago, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.The 8:58 a.m. quake, which occurred in a southern part of the island at a depth of around 30 kilometers, registered lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the towns of Atsuma and Mukawa, the agency said.No one was injured in Atsuma and Mukawa, though a woman in her 30s sustained an injury in Sapporo, which recorded 3 on the intensity scale, after a shelf col…READ FULL ARTICLE