New Delhi, An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale strikes off eastern coastal Japan on early Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was about 96 kilometers east-northeast of Miyako and 550 kilometers north-northeast of Tokyo. No Tsunami warning was issued by The Japan Meteorological Agency or by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The tremors followed by another 5.1 magnitude earthquake in the same region after half an hour.
This tremor was about the same distance from Tokyo as the first and about 107 kilometers east of Miyako, which was among the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Just over a year and a half earlier, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake has triggered a huge tsunami off Japan, resulting in thousands of deaths and the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century.