A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 strikes Japan, 10 km below sea level

Japan has been hit by an undersea earthquake with a magnitude of six.

The quake’s epicenter was 10 km below sea level, off the northeastern coast of Amami-Oshima Island, the country’s meteorological agency said. News.Az reports that cite Subway .

This is the southern part of Japan’s main islands, but the earthquake was still felt in some residential areas.

Some areas felt the earthquake as a magnitude two or three, including Amami City and Kagoshima City.

There was no immediate report of a tsunami warning, but large underwater earthquakes carry the risk of sending large waves to the coast.

Tremors of magnitude three are unlikely to cause major disruption but are ‘enough to topple ornaments’, seismologist Glen Ford told the BBC after an earthquake of this magnitude in Britain.

Since midnight, there have been six earthquakes in the past five hours ranging from 2.4 to 6, according to the agency.

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