5.0-magnitude quake hits near east coast of Honshu, Japan -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.0-magnitude quake hits near east coast of Honshu, Japan -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-06-07 03:15:30

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted near east coast of Honshu, Japan at 1852 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 56.5 km, was initially determined to be at 40.26 degrees north latitude and 142.38 degrees east longitude.