TOKYO (Oct 25): An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 on Sunday struck waters near the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean, south of Tokyo, with no tsunami warnings issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, reported Xinhua.
The temblor occurred at around 11.10am local time at a depth of around 470 kilometres in the waters west of the Ogasawara Archipelago.
It measured three on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of seven in Chichijima and Hahajima islands, said the weather agency.
The quake’s epicentre was located at a latitude of 28.0 degrees north and a longitude of 139.9 degrees east.
There was no threat of a tsunami, the JMA added.
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