Magnitude-7.0 earthquake strike waters near Japan's Ogasawara Islands

The quake, which registered 3 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of the islands, originated to the west of the group at a depth of about 470km. -- PHOTO: USGS

TOKYO (Xinhua): An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 on Sunday struck waters near the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean, south of Tokyo, with no tsunami warnings issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

The tremor occurred at around 11.10 am local time at a depth of around 470 kilometres in the waters west of the Ogasawara Archipelago.

It measured 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Chichijima and Hahajima islands, said the weather agency.

The quake’s epicentre was located at a latitude of 28.0 degrees north and a longitude of 139.9 degrees east.

There was no threat of a tsunami, the JMA added. -- Xinhua