6.0-magnitude quake hits off Tokyo, 17 people injured
Updated: 2014-05-05 17:02
(Xinhua)
|
||||||||
TOKYO - A 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook off the coast of Tokyo on Monday morning, leaving 17 people injured as of press time.
According to local police and firefighters, the injured people are from Tokyo, Kanagawa and other prefectures in the Tokyo metropolitan area due to the 5:18 a.m. (2018 GMT Sunday) quake.
The epicenter was detected at 35.0 degrees north latitude and 139.4 degrees east longitude near Izu-Oshima Island in the Pacific Ocean some 120 km south of Tokyo, with a depth of 162 km, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
It revised the estimated magnitude from an earlier announced 6. 2.
The quake was registered at lower 5 on Japan's seismic scale of 7 in Chiyoda-ku, downtown area of Tokyo, the first time that level of intensity was recorded in central Tokyo since the devastating earthquake in March 2011.
No tsunami warnings have been issued by the agency. Tokyo Electric Power Co. reported no abnormalities at its nuclear plants in Fukushima and Niigata prefectures.
- Obama roasts himself, rivals at dinner
- H&M promotes summer collections with DJ show in NYC
- Forum trends: No house, no marriage?
- One handed climber scales UK's toughest routes
- World leaders when they were younger
- Huge mist cannons attract people in Lanzhou
- Indian train derailment kills at least 12
- H&M promotes summer collections with DJ show
Most Viewed
Editor's Picks
Variety is the spice of academic life |
Xinjiang hopes to prove that the west is best |
Documents prove the truth can't be buried |
Race to remember story of resistance |
Strait talking: From enemy to friend |
Welcome to the world’s largest garbage dump |
Today's Top News
Travel passes to DPRK made easier
Yunnan's only panda perking up thanks to TV
Intl cooperation to aid drug fight
Deal signed to upgrade roads, grid in Ethiopia
China busts foreign spy ring
Tokyo lawmakers begin China visit
Houston tries shuttlecock diplomacy
Senior Chongqing official investigated
US Weekly
Geared to go |
The place to be |