42 injured after quake hits Japan's island

The quake took place at 6:11 am (2111 GMT Tuesday) off the coast of Fukuoka, 850 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, with its focus 14 kilometers below sea level, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

It was believed to be an aftershock of a 7.0-magnitude quake on March 20, which killed one person and injured more than 700 people in the Fukuoka region, the main population center of southern Japan.

The meteorological agency said no tsunami warning was issued for the latest quake.

At least 41 people were injured in Fukuoka. Five suffered injuries which were serious although not life-threatening, including a 41-year-old woman who broke the bone of her left shoulder, police said.

In Saga prefecture, southwest of Fukuoka, a 79-year-old woman fell out of bed, fracturing her right thigh bone, a local official said.