No immediate reports of damages or casualties were available following a slight earthquake which was recorded at 11:51 p.m. yesterday, the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology announced.
Hurricane Dorian churned towards the United States Wednesday after leaving seven dead in the Bahamas, where the prime minister said terrified residents had endured "days of horror" at the hands of the monster storm.
Monster storm Dorian hovered over the Bahamas Monday as surging seawaters and ferocious winds sowed chaos in low-lying island communities, killing at least five people and spurring mass evacuations on the US east coast.
Two people were confirmed dead on Wednesday as heavy rains pounded southwest Japan, prompting flood and landslide warnings, and orders for 670,000 people to seek safety.
No reports of damages or casualties were reported following a moderate earthquake which was recorded at 9:54 am today, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH).