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Strong earthquake hits northeastern Japan

English.news.cn   2010-07-05 08:58:22 FeedbackPrintRSS

TOKYO, July 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 jolted northeastern Japan on early Monday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the 6:56 a.m. quake. No tsunami warning was issued.

The focus of the quake was off the coast of Iwate Prefecture at a depth of about 30 kilometers, the agency said. 

Editor: Deng Shasha
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