Strong earthquake with 7.8 magnitude jolts Japan, also felt in Delhi-NCR

New Delhi/Tokyo : A strong earthquake with magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale has been recorded off Japan, which shook parts of Japan on Saturday evening at around 5:30, though there were no immediate loss of life and property reported from anywhere in the city.

The Mild tremors were also felt in New Delhi and the National Capital Region for nearly a minute this evening, triggering panic as people living in high-rises rushed out of the buildings.

The earthquake happened off the Bonin Islands, also known as the Ogasawara Islands, some 190 kilometres off Japan’s coast. Buildings in Tokyo, located some 870km north of the epicentre, shook from the force of the quake.

The tremors came shortly after an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale struck about 200 kilometres off Japan's coast in the Pacific Ocean. In Tokyo, buildings shook for around a minute and set off car alarms. The earthquake was reportedly at a depth of 696 kilometres. No tsunami warning was immediately issued.

According to public broadcaster NHK. Yoshiyuki Sasamoto, who runs a traditional guest house on Chichijima, one of the closest inhabited places to the epicentre, said the shaking had been violent.

"Initially a weaker quake hit and it stopped. Then the big one came. It was so strong that I couldn`t stand still and couldn`t walk," he added.

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