5.6 Earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 98 km east of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

"Japan was shaken near Kushiro, Kushiro Shi, Hokkaido, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.5

only 11 minutes ago, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.

The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 54. km beneath the epicenter near Kushiro, Kushiro Shi, Hokkaido, Japan, in the morning at 8:13 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report." VD