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

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

Source: Xinhua| 2026-08-29 07:28:30|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted off east coast of Honshu, Japan at 2310 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 39.61 degrees north latitude and 143.27 degrees east longitude.

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