5.9-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Aomori prefecture: JMA

TOKYO, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck off the east coast of Japan's northern Aomori prefecture, the weather agency here said Wednesday.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor's epicenter was located at a latitude of 41.3 degrees north and longitude of 143.3 degrees east and occurred at a depth the agency described as "very shallow."

The quake struck at 11:23 a.m. local time (0223 GMT), the JMA said.