Mar 02 (NHK) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 has occurred off an island in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
The quake occurred shortly after 10:40 PM on Thursday.
The Meteorological Agency says the focus of the temblor is near Iriomote Island and 15 kilometers deep.
The island recorded 5 minus on the country's seismic intensity scale of zero to 7. The nearby islands of Kuroshima and Hateruma logged intensities of 4.