No tsunami warning has been issued for this event.
There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage.
A magnitude 6.0 - 113km NNE of Nago, Japan is the fourth major quake to strike in the last 3 day's.
This mornings strike was the 13th major quake of September and brings the total for the year to 105.
September has recorded 8 major quakes in the last 9 day's.
We can expect more major quakes in the coming week as a large coronal hole on the sun turns to face the earth, coronal holes are thought by many experts to influence seismic activity here on earth, see below.
A large coronal hole is emerging over the sun's eastern limb. Credit: NASA/SDO.
CORONAL HOLE TURNING TOWARD EARTH: A vast "coronal hole" has opened up in the sun's atmosphere, and it is spewing solar wind into space.A great site for quake info you can find here
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is monitoring the structure as it turns toward Earth:
Coronal holes are regions in the sun's atmosphere where the magnetic field peels back and allows solar wind to escape.
Spaceweather.com