An earthquake with a magnitude of 6 was recorded off the coast of Japan. It occurred in the waters of Wakayama Bay between the islands of Honshu and Shikoku, the Altai-Sayan branch of the United Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported. According to him, the epicenter of the tremors was 14 km from the Japanese city of Annan in Tokushima Prefecture. Based on the intensity of the shaking at the epicenter, the earthquake is rated as "destructive". "There is no threat of a tsunami," the National Meteorological Administration of Japan clarified. There were no reports of casualties or damage; Transportation is operating as usual.