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Photo Story : At least 26 injured after strong earthquake rocked Japan

cde.news desk 19 June 2019, 09:06 · 1 min read

epa07656991 Members of the media report on the damage of a slope destroyed by a powerful earthquake in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture, northern Japan, 19 June 2019. No injuries were reported on the site. A powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Niigata, Yamagata and Akita Prefectures at night on 18 June 2019. The second strongest level earthquake six plus in Japanese scale shook Murakami city, northern Niigata Prefecture but no major damage or serious injuries were reported. EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/ NO ARCHIVES

An earthquake of estimated magnitude 6.7 that Tuesday struck an area of Japan along the coast of the Sea of Japan,left at least 26 persons injured.

There were no reports of serious damage from the earthquake. Minor sea level changes were detected by several coastal cities, but the tsunami warning was lifted after about two hours.

Japan’s meteorological agency lifted an earlier tsunami warning, after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 10:22 p.m. Tuesday (9:22 a.m. ET) off the coast of Yamagata Prefecture in the north of the country.

Magnitude 6.7 hits northern Japan causing no major damage — City staff perform temporary restoration of a damage of slope, nearby a makeshift evacuation center, destroyed by a powerful earthquake in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture, northern Japan, 19 June 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

The agency had originally warned that tsunamis were “expected to arrive imminently” in the coastal areas of Yamagata, Niigata and Ishikawa, with an advisory issued for four coastal regions.