6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Ogasawara Islands
Published : 18 Apr 2020, 21:21
DF-Xinhua Report
Rescuers work at a collapsed house after an earthquake in the town of Atsuma, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 6, 2018. File Photo Xinhua.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on Saturday struck off west coast of Japan's Ogasawara Islands, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The temblor occurred at 6:25 p.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 27.3 degrees north and a longitude of 140.6 degrees east, and at depth of 490 km.
The quake logged 2 in some parts of Ogasawara Islands on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.
So far no tsunami warning has been issued.
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