6.7 Magnitude earthquake hits North-eastern Japan

A magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck off the Pacific Coast of northern Japan early Thursday, Japanese and U.S. seismologists reported.The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the region after the quake, but cancelled it about an hour later.The quake struck shortly before 7 a.m. (6 p.m. Wednesday ET) and was centered 530 kilometers (330 miles) north-northeast of Tokyo.
The epicenter was off the northern prefecture of Iwate, about 175 kilometers (109 miles) north of where the magnitude-9 quake that devastated northern Japan struck in March.

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