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6.9-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Japan’s Ogasawara Islands, No Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.9, early today, struck, off Japan’s Ogasawara Islands of Tokyo Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at around 6:09 a.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 27.1 degrees north and a longitude of 142.5 degrees east, and at a depth of 70 km.

The quake logged five upper in some parts of Ogasawara Islands, on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, which peaks at seven.

So far, no tsunami warning has been issued.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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