Magnitude 6.5 quake hits off east coast of Japan

Another earthquake has hit an Asian country in the month of August. No damages or injuries were reported after the 6.5 magnitude hit Japan.

According to Japan's country's Meteorological Agency, a 6.5 magnitude has hit the eastern part of Japan. The country is the most prone to an earthquake in the world and many researchers and analysts believe that there is a 90 per cent chance that a devastating earthquake will hit Japan within the next 50 years. The quake hit Japan at 7:49 a.m. off the ocast of Hachijo, which is a small island 170 miles south of Tokyo. In 1995, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake killed 6,500 people in the western city of Kobe.