5.5-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Iwate Prefecture: JMA

TOKYO -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on Saturday struck off Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at around 04:19 pm local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 40.1 degrees north and a longitude of 142.2 degrees east, and at depth of 50 km.

The quake logged 5 Lower in some parts of Iwate Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

So far no tsunami warning has been issued.