Moderate quake strikes off Japan Posted: 20 November 2008 0359 hrs
TOKYO: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the main Japanese island of Honshu on Thursday, seismologists said. The quake hit at 3:25 am (1925 GMT Wednesday) 163 kilometres east-northeast of the capital Tokyo, the US Geological Survey said. It was registered at a depth of 35 kilometres. No tsunami warning was immediately issued. - AFP/de
