Baku-APA. An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 18:53: 16 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The epicenter, with a depth of 8.00 km, was initially determined to be at 39.5454 degrees north latitude and 143.1898 degrees east longitude.