81.   The agency said the epicentre was off the island of Tanegashima, where the quake registered three on the seven-point Japanese scale.

82.   That quake recorded an intensity of six on the Japanese scale of seven in Hachinohe.

83.   The agency said the quake measured two on the Japanese scale of one to seven.

84.   The earthquake that hit Kobe in January last year measured eight on the Japanese scale.

85.   The earlier quake recorded an intensity of six on the Japanese scale in Hachinohe.

86.   The government then sent warnings in and around Tokyo that an earthquake with an intensity of six or more on a Japanese scale of seven was on its way.

87.   The highest intensity the quake recorded was a three on the seven-point Japanese scale, the agency said.

88.   The Japanese scale is an intensity felt by humans, and not the magnitude of the earthquake itself.

89.   The intensity of the tremor measured five on the seven-point Japanese scale of Kozu and four on nearby Miyake island.

90.   The intensity of the tremor registered three on the Japanese scale of seven at Yonakuni and Iriomote islands, the agency said.