A magnitude 5.9 earthquake was recorded off the coast of Japan

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 was recorded off the coast of Japan, in the region of the Ryukyu Islands. This was reported by the Japan Meteorological Agency on September 24.

The earthquake occurred at 2:14 Moscow time at a depth of 10 km. A tsunami warning was announced for the archipelagos of Ogasawara and Izu, with an expected wave height of 1 m.

Earlier, on September 23, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Chile. The origin of the earthquake was at a depth of 38 km. The epicenter was located 35 km northeast of the city of Coquimbo with a population of more than 160 thousand people.