Moderate earthquake hits southeast of Honshu, Japan

Bernama

28/07/2017

02:31 MYT

Moderate earthquake hits southeast of Honshu, Japan

The Malaysian Meteorological Department in a statement said the quake's epicenter was 734km Southeast of Yokosuka, Japan, and 3717km Northeast of Sandakan, Sabah.- File picture

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on Richter scale occurred in Southeast of Honshu, Japan at 07.58 am today.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department in a statement said the quake's epicenter was 734km Southeast of Yokosuka, Japan, and 3717km Northeast of Sandakan, Sabah.

The quake did not pose any tsunami threat, it added.-- BERNAMA