A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck deep beneath the Pacific Ocean near Japan's remote Ogasawara Islands, about 1,000km (620 miles) south of Tokyo, with no threat of a tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The preliminary magnitude was recorded at around 11.10am local time (2.10am GMT) on Sunday, in waters west of the island chain and at a depth of about 470km (290 miles), the agency said.
