6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Hachijojima Island, no tsunami warning issued

TOKYO, July 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on Tuesday struck off the east coast of Hachijojima Island of Tokyo Prefecture in Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at 05:37 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 32.9 degrees north and a longitude of 140.9 degrees east, and at a depth of 60 km.

The quake logged 3 in some parts of Tokyo Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

So far no tsunami warning has been issued.