7.0 Quake Off Japan

7.0 Quake Off Japan - A major 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan on Friday, 7.0 Quake Off Japan, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued, A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck in seas off far northern Japan and far eastern Russia but no damage is expected.


The Japan Meteorological Agency says sea changes are possible but no tsunami warnings have been issued.

The tremor struck around midday in the Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres.

The area is about 15-hundred kilometres northeast of Tokyo.


Source: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1757954/Breaking-70-earthquake-off-Japan-coast