A powerful earthquake struck western Japan on Tuesday morning, rattling parts of Shimane and neighbouring Tottori prefectures, although authorities said it posed no tsunami threat.
The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that the tremor, initially measured at magnitude 6.2, originated inland in the western Shimane prefecture at a depth of roughly 10km. Strong shaking was felt in the prefectural capital of Matsue as well as in several nearby municipalities across the region, local media reported.
