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Strong earthquake jolts northeastern Japan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-07-24 07:52

TOKYO - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hit northeastern Japan early Thursday morning.

Grab image taken from Japan's NHK TV on July 24, 2008 shows a strong earthquake hitting Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan. [Xinhua]

The epicenter of the 12:26 a.m. quake was about 120 km underground in the Pacific coast area of northern Iwate Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The quake sent shockwave across all northeastern part of Japan' s Honshu Island as well as southern part of the northernmost Hokkaido Prefecture.

The agency issued no tsunami warning following the quake. There was no report of damage so far.