M6.6 quake hits western Japan prefectures, no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit a wide area in western Japan on Wednesday night but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of major damages or fatal casualties, the Japanese government said.The 11:14 p.m. quake registered lower 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Ainan, Ehime Prefecture, and Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture, both on Shikoku Island, with its focus in a strait separating the island from the southwestern main island of Kyushu at a depth of 39 kilometers, according to the weather agency.It was the first quake to reach the intensity lev…READ FULL ARTICLE