Magnitude 8.5 quake strikes off eastern Japan, no tsunami danger or damage reports

Magnithttps://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=247854211242866212#editor/target=post;postID=5284217620347100323ude 8.5 quake strikes off eastern Japan, no tsunami danger or damage reports

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/05/30/uk-quake-japan-idUKKBN0OF0GL20150530

M8.5 quake rocks Ogasawara Islands, jolting Tokyo and wider Kanto

Kyodo, Staff Report

• May 30, 2015

A magnitude-8.5 earthquake struck off the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo on Saturday evening, jolting wide parts of the Kanto region and causing moderate tremors in many parts of the archipelago, the Meteorological Agency said.
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Earthquake measuring 8.5 magnitude shakes most of Japan

No reports of deaths or major damage after strong quake strikes deep beneath Earth’s surface off the Ogasawara islandshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/30/japan-earthquake-85-magnitude-ogasawara-islands

Strong quake off Japanese islands: USGS

LONDON (Reuters) - A strong earthquake registering 6.4 occurred off Japan's Izu Islands on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The tremor followed a stronger quake of 8.5 magnitude on Saturday which had an epicenter off the Ogasawara islands, south of Tokyo, which caused no serious damage. That quake was at a depth of 590 Km (370 miles).

The quake 398 Km (250 miles) south-east of the Izu Islands had a more shallow epicenter of 13.4 km (9.4 miles).

There were no reports of damage or any tsunami alert.

http://news.yahoo.com/strong-quake-off-japanese-islands-usgs-192509260.html