According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 12.24 p.m. (local time), with its epicentre at a latitude of 41.9 degrees north and a longitude of 144.9 degrees east, and at depth of 60 km, reports Xinhua news agency.

The quake logged 3 in some parts of Hokkaido on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

So far no tsunami warning has been issued.

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