A moderate 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit western Japan yesterday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
No injuries or major damage was reported immediately.
The quake hit at 7:18pm in Wakayama prefecture, 450 kilometres southwest of Tokyo, with its epicentre a shallow 10 kilometres deep, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
A 9.0-magnitude quake that struck the country's northeast on March 11 and the tsunami that followed left 23,000 people dead or missing and triggered an atomic crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Source : The Daily Star
