Tokyo [Japan], January 4 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on Tuesday struck off Japan's Ogasawara Islands of Tokyo Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at around 6:09 a.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 27.1 degrees north and a longitude of 142.5 degrees east, and at a depth of 70 km.

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The quake logged five upper in some parts of Ogasawara Islands on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at seven.

So far no tsunami warning has been issued. (ANI/Xinhua)

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