6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's western Ishikawa Prefecture-Xinhua

6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's western Ishikawa Prefecture

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2024-11-26 22:01:45

TOKYO, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted off Japan's western Ishikawa Tuesday, according to the country's weather agency.

The temblor occurred at 10.47 p.m. local time at a depth of 10 km, measuring lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of the prefecture, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The epicenter was located at a latitude of 37 degrees north and a longitude of 136.5 degrees east.