6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Hachijojima Island: JMA

TOKYO - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on Saturday struck off the east coast of Hachijojima island of Tokyo Prefecture in Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at 6:31 pm local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 33.5 degrees north and a longitude of 141.1 degrees east, and at depth of 70 km.

The quake logged 3 in some parts of Tokyo Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

So far no tsunami warning has been issued.