TOKYO, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan's northeast at 5:00 p.m. local time on Friday, the weather agency here said.
The temblor, which measured 2 on the Japanese seismic scale which peaks at 7, struck at a latitude of 37.5 degrees north and a longitude of 144.0 degrees east, and at a depth of 6.0 km, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.