Japan: Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 hits Hokkaido

An earthquake of magnitude 60 struck the Hokkaido region in Japan on Friday at 544 am local time according to GFZ a German Research Centre for Geosciences reported news agency ANIAccording to GFZ a German Research Centre for Geosciences the earthquake occurred at 544 am local time in the Hokkaido region of JapanThe depth of the earthquake is recorded to be 46 Kilometers So far no casualties have been reportedMore details awaitedSimilarly on Thursday an earthquake of magnitude 52 jolted eastern Turkey the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre EMSC saidThe earthquake occurred at 10 kilometres South South West SSW of Turkeys Malatya at 1748 UTC on Thursday according to EMSCThe depth of the earthquake was registered at a depth of 109 kilometresTaking to its Twitter handle EMSC stated Earthquake 10 km SW of Malatya Turkey 19 min ago local time 204800 Updated map Colored dots represent local shaking amp damage level reported by eyewitnessesAnother earthquake of magnitude 43 jolted Central California of the United States on Thursday local time according to the US Geological Survey reported news agency ANIAccording to the US geological survey the earthquake occurred at 191718 UTC on August 10 with the epicenter located at 6 kilometers NorthWest of Californias Parkfield The USGS said that the last Parkfield earthquake was in 2004 reported ANITaking to its official Twitter handle the USGS stated Todays M43 near Parkfield reminds us that the Parkfield segment of the San Andreas has produced M6 quakes relatively frequently since the 1800s The last Parkfield earthquake was in 2004 19 yrs agoNo reports of casualties or material damage are known yetAnother earthquake of magnitude 43 on the Richter scale was recorded 112km SSE of Portblair Andaman and Nicobar island on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday National Center for Seismology said reported ANIThe tremors were felt at 025612 Indian standard time ISTAccording to NCS the depth of the earthquake was registered at 10 kmEarthquake of Magnitude 43 Occurred on 11082023 025612 IST Lat 1066 amp Long 9304 Depth 10 km Location 112km SSE of Portblair Andaman and Nicobar Island India NCS tweetedEarlier an earthquake of magnitude 45 jolted the Andaman and Nicobar island on Monday National Center for Seismology saidThe quake hit the islands at 125324 Indian standard time ISTNational Center for Seismology NCS said that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kmWith inputs from ANI