Tokyo---The Japanese meteorology agency issued a tsunami warning early Sunday following a magnitude 5.9 quake in the Pacific south of Tokyo.
The quake hit near Torishima island, some 600 kilometres (about 370 miles) south of Tokyo, at 1:51 am (16:51 GMT Saturday), the weather agency said.
Following the quake which hit a very shallow point of the seabed, the agency issued a tsunami waring of up to one metre (3.3 feet) for the Izu island chain, south of Tokyo, and the Ogasawara archipelago, far south in the Pacific Ocean.
A wave of 50 centimetres was seen to have reached Hachijojima island, one of the Izu islands, the agency said.
No immediate injuries or damages are reported, public broadcaster NHK said.
AFP
