Japan: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale hit off the eastern part of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

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Japan`s Meteorological Agency said that no tsunami had been issued following the earthquake that mainly rattled the eastern part of Hokkaido at 10:27 p.m.

Japan`s weather agency said that the earthquake registered a lower 5 on the country`s seismic intensity scale of 7, the weather agency said.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or major property damage. The quake, which occurred at a depth of 60 kilometres in the Pacific Ocean off Kushiro, also shook a wider region including northeastern Japan and eastern Japan, Kyodo agency said.

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