USGS |
A magnitude of 5.3 earthquake rocks northwest region of Ryukyu Islands, Japan today at 1:04 a.am. (Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 16:04:07 UTC).
The epicenter of the quake is at 195 miles, SWof Kagoshima, Kyushu; 235 miles N of Naha, Okinawa; 240 miles, SSW of Nagasaki, Kyushu; 790miles, WSW of Tokyo, Japan and with a depth of 148 miles.
No tsunami alerts have been issued at this time.
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