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Magnitude 6.3 Quake Hits City in Southwest Japan

by Associated Press

   MIYAZAKI, JAPAN --

   The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.3 earthquake was recorded
   Friday near Miyazaki in southwestern Japan.
   The agency said the earthquake struck at 8:48 a.m. Friday and had an
   epicenter 39 kilometers (24 miles) southeast of Miyazaki, a city of
   about 400,000. The earthquake had a depth of 23 kilometers (14 miles.)
   The Japan Times reported that Kyushu Electric Power Co. said no
   abnormalities had been reported at the nearby Sendai nuclear power
   plant in Kagoshima prefecture.

   The Times also said the nation's weather agency did not issue a tsunami
   warning.