MEXICO CITY — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck a region in southwestern Mexico early Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, causing no serious damage or casualties. It said the quake was centered 13 miles southeast of Aquila near the boundary of Colima and Michoacán states at a depth of 21 miles.

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Kyushu region in Japan on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at a depth of 37 km (23 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Rhea Rose Abraham in Bengaluru;

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country's Meteorological Agency said Monday, while warning the public to stay away from coastal areas because of a tsunami threat.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck the Kyushu region of southern Japan on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tsunami advisories for waves of a maximum height of 1 metre were issued for the southern prefectures of Miyazaki and Kochi.