Asia-Pacific

6.0-magnitude quake hits off east coast of Honshu

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-24 12:45

BEIJING - An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale hit the sea off the east coast of Honshu in Japan at 11:40 am Beijing Time Tuesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter was monitored at 39.8 degrees north latitude and 143.2 degrees east longitude with a depth of 30 km, the center said.