India, Dec. 31 -- An earthquake of magnitude 6 jolted Japan's Noda city on the New Year's eve on Wednesday, December 31, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The USGS said that the earthquake hit some 91 km east of Noda and depth of the quake was 19.3 km.

The exact coordinates of the quake's epicentre are 40.112degN, 142.889degE.

There were no immediate details of any damage or casualties.

Earlier in the day on the New Year's eve, an earthquake of magnitude 3.4 struck Tibet during the afternoon, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The earthquake happened at around 3.26 pm IST at a depth of 10 kilometres, said the NCS.

The fresh quake in Japan comes just weeks after the country was hit by another major ...