Key Takeaways
- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Ogasawara Islands on Tuesday.
- There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage.
- The Japan Meteorological Agency said there was no threat of a tsunami.
Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 on Tuesday struck near the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean, south of Tokyo, with no tsunami warnings issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
The earthquake occurred at 9:39 a.m. local time at a depth of around 50 km, measuring 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Hahajima Island.
There was no threat of a tsunami, it added.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. .
