Tokyo, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 jolted off Japan's Noto Peninsula on Saturday, the weather agency said.
The quake occurred at 11:20 p.m. local time at a shallow depth of 10 km, measuring lower 6 in the country's seismic scale of 7, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the Japan Meteorological Agency.
No tsunami warnings were issued.
The temblor came amid a series of aftershocks following strong temblors with a major one of 7.6 magnitude that hit on Monday in the Noto region of Ishikawa, which has killed 126 people so far.
Source: IANS
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