A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off Japan’s Bonin Islands on Thursday but there was no tsunami risk, seismologists said.
Tokyo: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off Japan’s Bonin Islands on Thursday but there was no tsunami risk, seismologists said. [caption id=“attachment_3056354” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]![Representational image. PTI]()
Representational image. PTI[/caption The quake hit at a depth of 450 kilometres (280 miles) at 02:27 am (17.27 GMT) 770 kilometres south of Shimoda, according to the United States Geological Survey. Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake poses no tsunami risk. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake in March 2011 triggered a massive and deadly tsunami, which smashed into a power station and sparked the world’s worst atomic accident since Chernobyl in 1986. Tokyo Electric is working to clean up and dismantle the reactors in a process that is expected to take at least four decades.
- Home
- World
- Japan: Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 rattles Bonin island, no causalities reported yet
 "Japan: Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 rattles Bonin island, no causalities reported yet")
 "‘I’d love to do it’: Trump refuses to rule out third term — despite constitutional limit")
 "What is the ‘Golden Fleet’ of navy ships that Trump wants to counter China with?")
 "‘Ramayan country’: Why Trinidad and Tobago wants to build a large Ram temple")
 "How China's rare earths choke changed America's trade deals")
 "‘I’d love to do it’: Trump refuses to rule out third term — despite constitutional limit")
 "What is the ‘Golden Fleet’ of navy ships that Trump wants to counter China with?")
 "‘Ramayan country’: Why Trinidad and Tobago wants to build a large Ram temple")
 "How China's rare earths choke changed America's trade deals")
