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Tokyo: A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit western Japan today, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami risk.
The quake, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres, struck shortly after 2:00 pm (0500 GMT) in Tottori prefecture.
Initially, the USGS had pegged the quake’s magnitude at 6.6 before downgrading it.
Public broadcaster NHK quoted local officials as saying they had received reports that a house collapsed in the town of Yurihama, while fires broke out in another part of the prefecture, without giving details.
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