5.5-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's northeast Sanriku coast: JMA

TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary 5.5-magnitude struck off Japan's northeastern Sanriku coast on Friday, the weather agency said here.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor, which occurred at 1:01 pm local time, was centered off the coast of Sanriku in northeastern Japan, with its epicenter at a latitude of 39.1 degrees north and a longitude of 143.1 degrees east, and occurred at depth of 10 km.