October 4, 2010 8:59 PM
Strong earthquake jolts S-W Japan
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale today rocked the southwest island of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency, a tsunami alert was issued shortly after the quake, which occured 10:28 p.m. local time. The focus of the quake was very shallow in the sea off Miya...