TOKYO, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 hit off the coast of southern Japan on Friday (May 10), the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
No tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage due to the quake, which struck at 8.48am local time (7.48am Singapore time).
Moderate to strong shaking was felt in areas near the epicentre off the coast of Miyazaki, a city in the southwest of Kyushu island, local reports quoted the meteorological agency as saying. The earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 20km, and followed a 5.6-magnitude quake one hour earlier.
Kyushu Electric Power said “no abnormalities” were reported at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima prefecture.
Japan sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where many of the world’s earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded.
On March 11, 2011, a devastating 9.0-magnitude quake struck under the Pacific Ocean, and the resulting tsunami caused widespread damage and killed more than 10,000 people.
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