Magnitude 5.3 and 5.1 earthquakes jolt Hokkaido’s north


A pair of strong earthquakes jolted Japan‘s northernmost main island of Hokkaido early Thursday, the weather agency said, issuing no tsunami warning.

The second quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3, occurred around 12:53 a.m. It registered upper 5 on the shindo (intensity) scale of 7 in Nakagawa and 4 in many other areas in the northern part of the island.

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