6.1-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Aomori Prefecture: JMA

TOKYO, Aug. 29. (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off the coast of Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island Honshu, the weather agency here said Thursday.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor's epicenter was located at a latitude of 41.0 degrees north and longitude of 143.1 degrees east and occurred at a depth of 10 km.