5.2-magnitude quake hits off east coast of Honshu, Japan -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.2-magnitude quake hits off east coast of Honshu, Japan -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-03-27 04:27:00

BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, at 1956 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 39.43 degrees north latitude and 143.4 degrees east longitude.