TOKYO: A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 rattled the southwestern island region of Amami in Kagoshima Prefecture on Wednesday (May 20), with no tsunami warning issued, Kyodo News reported the weather agency as saying.
The focus of the 11.46am quake was off the coast of the main island of Okinawa Prefecture at about 50km underground, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The earthquake measured upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Yoron on the southern tip of Kagoshima Prefecture.
No casualties or significant property damage had been reported in Yoron as of 12:20 pm, according to local authorities and police. - Bernama-Kyodo
