Japan, 6.6 magnitude earthquake: no tsunami alarm

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck northeastern Japan today, but authorities have not issued a tsunami warning. According to reports from the Kyodo news agency, at least two people were slightly injured in Miyagi prefecture, where the epicenter of the earthquake was located, at a depth of 60 kilometers. No anomaly was detected in the Fukushima nuclear plant, the one where in the earthquake of March ten years ago an accident occurred following the earthquake and tsunami.