Mallika Dureja
On Saturday, an enormous earthquake in Japan, registering 6.1 on the Richter Scale, struck the country. The epicentre of the earthquake was located in Hokkaido, and the seismic intensity was a 5.In the northern and southern sections of Hokkaido’s Nemuro region, the earthquake occurred at approximately 10:27 p.m. local time and registered a magnitude of lower 5, which is the fifth-highest level on Japan’s seismic intensity scale (1:27 p.m. GMT).
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, a tsunami is not anticipated as a result of the earthquake.
An expert who was interviewed by the public broadcaster NHK advised locals to be on the lookout for earthquakes for the next seven to ten days.
The island of Hokkaido has been struck by a total of two earthquakes in the past few days. On Monday, a quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale was felt on the northern territory of Japan.
Due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin, earthquakes are fairly common in Japan. This is because Japan lies on the “Ring of Fire.”
