Deep Earthquake in Northern Japan, No Major Damage

0:00It's April 26. You're listening to Canada News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Kori with the story. Northern Japan shook early Monday with the preliminary magnitude 6.1 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey. It hit 11 miles west of the small town of Sarabetsu in Hokkaido. The quake came in at a depth of 50 miles, which is fairly deep and might explain why things stay calm on the surface. No reports of deaths or serious damage so far, leaving folks breathing a sigh of relief after last week's bigger scare. Just seven days earlier, a magnitude 7.7 tremor off the northern coast, triggered a quake tsunami warning and bumped up warnings about. Potential mega quakes along those shores. Authorities are still on high alert in the region, monitoring for aftershocks while Japan braces for whatever comes next in this active seismic zone.