M5.9 quake hits Amami Islands in southwestern Japan

TOKYO - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 shook the southwestern island region of Amami in Kagoshima Prefecture on Wednesday, with no tsunami warning issued, the weather agency said.

The focus of the 11:46 a.m. quake was off the coast of the main island of Okinawa Prefecture at about 50 kilometers underground, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.