TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 hit near a string of islands in southern Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The epicentre of the 20 km-deep quake was in the waters near the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima prefecture, JMA said, adding there was no danger of a tsunami. The tremor registered a 5-plus on Japan’s 1-7 intensity scale in some areas.
(The story has been refiled to remove NHK from attribution in the headline)
(Reporting by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
