TOKYO, March 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Saturday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The temblor occurred at 6:09 p.m. local time (0909 GMT), with its epicenter at a latitude of 38.4 degrees north and a longitude of 141.7 degrees east, and at the depth of 60 km.
The quake logged 5 upper in some parts of Miyagi Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.
A tsunami warning has been issued for Miyagi Prefecture. Enditem
