A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 jolted northeastern Japan's Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The epicenter of the 8:30 p.m. (1100GMT) quake was about 30 km under the seabed in the Pacific off Fukushima Prefecture.
No tsunami warning was issued. No injuries were reported following the quake.
(Xinhua News Agency July 22, 2008)
