6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes off Japan’s Bonin Islands

According to reports coming out of Japan, A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off Japan’s Bonin Islands on Friday, seismologists said. The quake hit at a depth of 450 kilometers (280 miles) at 02:27 am (17:27 GMT) 770 kilometers south of Shimoda, according to the United States Geological Survey. The Japan

Meteorological Agency, however, said the quake posed 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. READ MORE