Earthquake!

AT 8:00pm I was out shopping for groceries just 10 minutes away in a big mall. By the time the quake hit Yokosuka, which is South of Tokyo on the coast, it was down to a large 6.4 and everyone where I live reported the house violently shaking for 2-3 minutes. I didn't feel a thing in the mall... Must have been earthquake proof!

(CNN) -- A strong earthquake struck off the south coast of Japan on Sunday night local time, "jolting Tokyo and wide areas of eastern Japan," the country's Kyodo news agency reported.

The 7.1 earthquake hit 200 miles (320 kilometers) south-southwest of Tokyo at 7:55 p.m. (6:55 a.m. ET), the United States Geological Survey reported.

Its epicenter was 188 miles (303 kilometers) deep, the USGS said.

The Japan Meteorological Agency reported its magnitude as 6.9, Kyodo said.

There were no immediate reports of damage, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami warning.

REFERENCE: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/japan.earthquake/index.html?eref