Asian Defense News: Major 7.4-magnitude quake hits near Japanese islands: USGS....NSI News Source Info # 1363TOKYO — A major 7.4-magnitude quake struck southern Japan Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with people in nearby coastal regions told to evacuate ahead of a possible two-metre-high tsunami.
The quake was followed just over 20 minutes later by two aftershocks, a minute apart, of 5.6-magnitude.
The quake hit at 3:19 am local time (1719 GMT Tuesday), 153 kilometres (95 miles) east of Chichi-shima in Japan's remote Bonin island region and at a shallow depth of just 14 kilometres.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injury.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami.
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