Powerful quake rocks Tokyo region

A MAJOR 7.0-magnitude earthquake has rocked Tokyo, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury and no tsunami warning was issued.

The quake struck at 2.28pm local time, the agency said. Its epicentre was located near Torishima, an island about 560km south of Tokyo. It was about 370km deep.

The mid-afternoon quake swayed buildings in Tokyo but it did not disrupt the final of the Emperor’s Cup football tournament under way at the National Stadium.

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