The earthquake, which occurred at 17:03 (local time), registered a shindo level 4 in Morioka and Yahaba in Iwate Prefecture, as well as in Wakuya town in the neighbouring Miyagi Prefecture.
An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck Xinjiang on Thursday at 06:32 IST, the National Center for Seismology reported on X. The quake occurred at a depth of 220 km, with its epicenter located at latitude 37.88 N and longitude 75.06 E.