TOKYO, June 14 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3, struck off the northwest coast of the Amamioshima Island, of Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture today, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), said.
The temblor occurred at around 0:51 a.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 28.8 degrees north and a longitude of 128.3 degrees east, and at a depth of 160 km.
The quake logged 4 in some parts of Kagoshima Prefecture, on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.
So far no tsunami warning has been issued.– NNN-NHK
