Baku-APA. An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted 297km SSE of Kushiro, Japan at 2013-10-28 20:59:42 GMT on Mon (2013-10-29 04:59:42 Beijing Time), the U.S. Geological Survey said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The epicenter, with a depth of 35.54 km, was initially determined to be at 40.4549 degrees north latitude and 145.5797 degrees east longtitude.