[REGNUM.RU] A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Yamanashi Prefecture, near Tokyo, Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported this on June 26.
According to him, the tremors were recorded at 4:29 PM Moscow time and were felt across a significant portion of the country.
The earthquake's epicenter was located at a depth of 20 kilometers. There is no tsunami threat, according to information on the agency's website.
On June 25, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake was recorded by seismologists in the Pacific Ocean off the northeastern coast of the Japanese island of Honshu. Its center was located at a depth of 39 kilometers. No tsunami threat was issued for the Kuril Islands.
On the evening of June 24, earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitudes struck Venezuela. The epicenters were in the state of Yaracuy, 16 km from the city of Morón and 24 km from San Felipe. The epicenters were located at a depth of approximately 10 km. A state of emergency was declared in the country. According to the latest data, the death toll from this earthquake has reached 589.