Information about the earthquake was recorded by volcanodiscovery.com.
The Kyodo news agency quoted the Japan Meteorological Agency as saying that the quake occurred at 11:44 am local time, with the epicenter located at a depth of about 40km off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture. The earthquake is classified as Level 4 on Japan's 7-level earthquake scale in Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures.
There is currently no information on casualties or damage caused by the earthquake./.