6.3 magnitude quake jolts Japan's Honshu island

No tsunami warning was issued after a strong earthquake of 6.3 magnitudes struck near the south coast of Japan's Honshu island.

Tokyo: A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Honshu, the largest and most populous island of Japan, in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The epicentre of the quake was registered at a depth of 375.8 kilometres, south of Honshu island.

No tsunami warning has been issued so far.

Japan is prone to earthquakes because of its geographical positioning. It's on the Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.

The country had issued a tsunami alert after a powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Niigata and Yamagata prefectures located in the west coast of Honshu island, last month.

While about 1,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes, 15 people in Niigata, Yamagata, and Miyagi prefectures were wounded because of the quake.

As a part of the damage caused by the earthquake, tombstones had fallen in cemeteries, while roof tiles went missing from several houses in Yamagata's Tsuruoka City.

In addition, the earthquake caused a landslide in Yamagata's Nishikawa Town while a road in the mountains had caved in, media reported.

The jolt had further left thousands of homes without electricity in the Niigata and Yamagata prefectures, according to utility company officials.