New 5.9 magnitude earthquake recorded in Japan

A new earthquake measuring 5.9 on the open Richter scale shook the Hokkaido region in Japan this Wednesday. just two days later that a 7.5 magnitude earthquake in this same area gave rise to the publication … of a tsunami alert, withdrawn on Tuesday.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said in a statement that the earthquake had its epicenter off the coast of Aomori Prefecture, with the hypocenter located at a depth of about 30 kilometers. For the moment, no information on victims or material damage..

The earthquake took place hours after the start of school reopening by Monday’s earthquake, when classes were suspended at more than 300 centers in Aomori, Hokkaido, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures due to the earthquake and the issuance of a tsunami warning associated with it.

The aforementioned agency issued an alert to the population during the day concerning the possibility of aftershocks or new intense earthquakes which affects 182 localities in these prefectures, in addition to those of Ibaraki and Chiba, as reported by the Japanese press agency Kyodo.