Kamaishi, Iwate

6.1 earthquake hits off the coast of Japan

Published by Protothema on Wed, 09/20/2017 - 20:26

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has been detected off the coast of Japan.
The US Geological Survey said that the earthquake struck about 286km south east of Kamaishi, and around 321km east of Fukushima.
The depth of the earthquake, which struck at 2.37am local time, was measured at 10km. Details of any damage are yet to emerge.