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[h=4]Magnitude-7.8 quake strikes off Japan's southern coast[/h]A magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Japan Saturday. No tsunami warnings were issued.
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A powerful but extremely deep earthquake has struck off Japan's Ogasawara islands, but officials say there is no danger of a tsunami. USA TODAY
Japanese soccer fans react to a strong earthquake as they watch a J-League soccer match between the Shonan Bellmare and the Sanfrecce Hiroshima at BMW Stadium in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo, May 30, 2015. A powerful and extremely deep earthquake struck a group of remote Japanese islands and shook Tokyo on Saturday, but officials said there was no danger of a tsunami.(Photo: Munehide Someya, Kyodo News via AP)
A magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Japan Saturday, shaking buildings in Tokyo and interrupting subway service, but causing no major damage or injuries.
The epicenter was located 540 miles south of Tokyo in the Ogasawara Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which initially reported the quake as a magnitude-8.5.
The Japan Meteorological Agency reports that no tsunami warnings were issued.
The strong quake rattled buildings in the capital for about a minute, briefly shutting down subways, Japan Today reports.
NHK reports that train service between Tokyo and Osaka was halted due to a power outage.
Naoki Hirata, an earthquake expert at the University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Centre, told NHK that while it was a "very big quake" and "shaking was felt over a broad areas," there was little danger of a tsunami because it it was centered 350 miles below the surface.
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