6.6-magnitude Earthquake Hits off E Coast of Honshu
Xinhua News Agency, March 22, 2011 Adjust font size:
An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted the waters off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, at 3:18 PM Beijing Time Tuesday, according to the China Earthquake Network Center.
The epicenter, with a depth of 20 km, was monitored at 37.2 degrees north latitude and 144.0 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement.