China News Service, Tokyo, December 12 (Reporter Lu Shaowei) According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, around 16:19 on the 12th local time (15:19 on the 12th, Beijing time), a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred in the eastern sea of Iwate Prefecture, Japan. No tsunami was triggered.
According to data from the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter of the earthquake was at 142.2 degrees east longitude and 40.1 degrees north latitude, and the focal depth was about 50 kilometers.
The earthquake was felt in many places including Aomori and Iwate.
Iwate Prefecture is located in the northeastern part of Honshu Island, Japan. It belongs to the northeastern part of Japan, about 466 kilometers away from Tokyo.
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