The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has reported that there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii following a big 6.7-magnitude earthquake nearJapanearly this morning.
The quake occurred 84 miles from Amami, Kagoshima, Japan in the ocean area ofRyukyu Islands.
The earthquake off Japan struck at 15:51:24 UTC at a depth of 164 kilometers and located 28.947N 128.305E.
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