BREAKING NEWS:5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes southeastern Japan – USGS
RT.com
May 02, 2015
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has struck 168 km from Japan’s Hachijo-jima island, USGS said, adding that the depth of the quake stood at 10 km.
USGS initially placed the magnitude of the quake at 6.1 but later dropped it to 5.7.
Hachijo-jima, a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea, has a population of about 8,000 people.
The quake occurred 456 km from the country’s capital, Tokyo, which is home to some 13 million inhabitants.
