Urgent: 6.1-magnitude Quake Strikes Off Yonagunijima In Japan's Okinawa: JMA

Umer Jamshaid Published October 23, 2018 | 01:00 PM

Urgent: 6.1-magnitude quake strikes off Yonagunijima in Japan's Okinawa: JMA

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off Yonagunijima in Okinawa in Japan's southernmost prefecture, the weather agency said here Tuesday.

TOKYO, Xinhua/(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Oct, 2018 ) :An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off Yonagunijima in Okinawa in Japan's southernmost prefecture, the weather agency said here Tuesday.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor, which occurred at 1:35 p.m. local time, was centered at a latitude of 24.0 degrees north and a longitude of 122.6 degrees east, and at depth of 30 km.

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