M5.0 Earthquake Hits Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture; No Tsunami Warning Issued
A magnitude-5.0 earthquake was detected in the sea off Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Japan at 4:04 p.m. on Tuesday.
The quake measured a 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 on Akusekijima Island in the prefecture.
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