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Earthquake of 6.0-magnitude hits eastern Japan

News Agencies 6 October 2017, 15:40 IST

Earthquake of 6.0-magnitude hits eastern Japan

An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on Richter scale jolted east coast of Japan on 6 October.

No causality or loss of property has been reported yet.

The quake struck 255 east of Ishinomaki, Honshu, at a depth of 10km, the US Geological Survey said.

The epicentre of the quake was about 300km from Fukushima, where a nuclear disaster had caused widespread destruction in 2011.

No Tsunami warning has been issued so far.

-ANI

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