{"id":4268,"date":"2020-06-14T12:01:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T04:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=4268"},"modified":"2020-06-15T12:44:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T04:44:33","slug":"strong-earthquake-strikes-ryukyu-islands-off-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=4268","title":{"rendered":"Strong earthquake strikes Ryukyu islands off Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, June 14\u00a0\u00a0&#8212; \u00a0A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.6\u00a0on the Richter scale struck Japan&#8217;s Ryukyu Islands\u00a0at 11.51 pm yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysian Meteorological Department, in a statement, said\u00a0that the epicenter of the earthquake was located at a latitude of\u00a028.6 degrees north and longitude of\u00a0128.5 degrees east\u00a0at a depth of 213km, about\u00a0 279km north of\u00a0 Naha.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4269\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/75817406834e576784bac3c78749aa285ee576b97c788.jpg\" alt=\"earthquake\" width=\"1034\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/75817406834e576784bac3c78749aa285ee576b97c788.jpg 1034w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/75817406834e576784bac3c78749aa285ee576b97c788-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/75817406834e576784bac3c78749aa285ee576b97c788-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/75817406834e576784bac3c78749aa285ee576b97c788-1024x570.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/75817406834e576784bac3c78749aa285ee576b97c788-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/75817406834e576784bac3c78749aa285ee576b97c788-350x195.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/75817406834e576784bac3c78749aa285ee576b97c788-800x446.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, it posed\u00a0no tsunami threat to Malaysia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<p>&#8212; 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