5.8-magnitude earthquake hits off Japan's Aomori Prefecture

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck off Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan on Saturday, the country's weather agency said, Report informs via Xinhua.

The temblor occurred at 11:48 am local time off Aomori's Pacific coast at a depth of 80 km, measuring 4 on Japan's seismic scale of 7, said the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The quake's epicenter was located at a latitude of 41.3 degrees north and a longitude of 142.0 degrees east.

No tsunami advisory was issued.