5.6-magnitude quake jolts Japan's Kozushima Village: JMA-Xinhua

5.6-magnitude quake jolts Japan's Kozushima Village: JMA

Source: Xinhua| 2023-05-14 16:38:00|Editor: huaxia

TOKYO, May 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck Kozushima Village in Japan, the weather agency said on Sunday.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 5:12 p.m. local time (0812 GMT) at a depth of 10 km, measuring 3 on Japan's seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

The temblor's epicenter was located in the adjacent sea of Hachijojima Island at a latitude of 33.4 degrees north and a longitude of 139.3 degrees east.

No tsunami warning has been issued.

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