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5.9 magnitude quake hits near Russia and Japan: report
A magnitude 5.9 quake hit early Sunday south of the Kuril Islands, a disputed archipelago in the Pacific Ocean administered by Russia but claimed in part by Japan, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported.
Updated on: Dec 13, 2009, 07:48:26 IST
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A magnitude 5.9 quake hit early Sunday south of the Kuril Islands, a disputed archipelago in the Pacific Ocean administered by Russia but claimed in part by Japan, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported.
The quake struck 210 kilometres (130 miles) south of Severo-Kurilsk at a depth of 72 kilometres at 6:38 am (1838 GMT Saturday), according to the geophysics service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, it reported.
No tsunami warning was issued, it said.
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