According to a Japan Meteorological Agency, a media report of Japan Today reported that the earthquake hit the country's Kansai area of Osaka district on 7 pm 58 minutes local time on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was 11 kilometers deep.
The Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that the people's life will be given the highest importance - according to this policy, the government is united to respond (disaster), because an emergency team has been formed to combat disaster.
Meanwhile, the country's Meteorological Department has warned that in the next week, earthquake strikes again at almost the same level in Osaka region.
The report said the magnitude of the earthquake was comparatively less, but its intensity was higher. There was a fire in more than a dozen places even though no tsunami alert was issued for the earthquake.