Earthquake in Japan: Magnitude 6 quake jolts East of Noda; no immediate casualties

An earthquake of magnitude 6 has jolted Japan close earlier the New Year astatine 11.26pm section time. According to USGS, the epicentre is 91 km eastbound of Noda. The extent of the quake was recorded to beryllium 19.3 km.There were nary contiguous records of casualties.Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 3.4 besides struck Leh, Ladakh, connected New Year's Eve astatine 7.35pm IST according to the National Seismology Centre.The latest earthquake successful Japan follows different beardown tremor that struck conscionable weeks earlier. On December 12, a magnitude 6.7 quake deed the country, with its epicentre located astir 130 km from Kuji metropolis successful Iwate prefecture connected Honshu, arsenic reported by the US Geological Survey.(This is simply a processing copy)