M5.5 earthquake · 74 km NE of Hasaki, Japan

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M5.5 quake strikes off Japan on Saturday, a day after an M6.1 near Hasaki

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 74 km NE of Hasaki, Japan, at a depth of 32 km on Saturday, with one felt report. On Friday a magnitude 6.1 quake hit 144 km SE of Hasaki at 29 km depth; USGS PAGER gave it a green alert level and 37 felt reports were logged. Earlier in the week, quakes were recorded in the Fiji region, India and Tanzania.

• Japan: M5.5 on Saturday and M6.1 on Friday, both near Hasaki.
• Fiji region: M6.1 at 535 km depth on Thursday, with a green PAGER alert level; an M5.0 at 508 km depth was recorded south of the Fiji Islands on Wednesday.
• Tanzania: M5.1 at 10 km depth near Masumbwe on Thursday, with 20 felt reports and a green alert level.
• India: M5.0 at 77 km depth, 130 km NE of Thang, on Thursday.