Earthquake jolts northeastern Japan - NHK

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday, the national broadcaster NHK said.

The epicentre of the earthquake was Fukushima Prefecture, the NHK said. No tsunami warning had been issued.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)