News update
  • People positive on Padma Barrage, experts urge caution over fallout     |     
  • Parties convey their expectations at Bonn climate talks     |     
  • ECNEC Approves 8 Projects Worth Tk 2,266 Crore     |     
  • No Plan to Drop Bangla, History from Honours: Milon     |     
  • Global turmoil shadows Bonn climate talks     |     
  1. Home
  2. Earthquake
  3. 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolts Japan's Ogasawara Islands: JMA

6.0-magnitude earthquake jolts Japan's Ogasawara Islands: JMA

GreenWatch Desk Earthquake 2024-05-21, 11:49am

image-190373-1716268305-9939a8dd886a649b6dc980467d3a091c1716270639.jpg




An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 on Tuesday struck near the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean, south of Tokyo, with no tsunami warnings issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

The temblor occurred at around 9:39 a.m. local time at a depth of around 50 km, measuring 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Hahajima Island, said the weather agency.
There was no threat of a tsunami, it added.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage, reports BSS.