The quake was felt in the island of Sakhalin and in some areas of Hokkaido and Honshu. So far no reports of casualties or serious damage.

Tokyo (AsiaNews / Agencies) - An earthquake of magnitude 7.7  struck was registered in the north-east Pacific Ocean hitting the Russian Far East and Japan. So far there were no reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

The earthquake struck at one o'clock in the afternoon (local time). Its epicenter was 160 km from the Russian city of Poronaysk, at a depth of over 632 km.

The Tokyo Met Office has guaranteed that there is no risk of a tsunami. The earthquake was felt with a magnitude of 3 in some areas of Hokkaido and Honshu (Aomori and Iwate). The Russian island of Sakhalin was also hit.

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