NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Southeast of Honshu, Japan at 23:10:42 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 402.7 km, was initially determined to be at 32.03 degrees north latitude and 137.65 degrees east longitude.