An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred off the coast of Japan

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred off the coast of Japan. This was confirmed on April 2 by data on the website of the US Geological Survey.

The depth of the earthquake was 26 km.

From the data on the map published by the American service, it follows that the epicenter was located 54 km northeast of the city of Nishinomote. Its start was recorded at 14:03 GMT (16:03 Moscow time).

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