Japanese soccer fans react to a strong earthquake as they watch a J-League soccer match between the Shonan Bellmare and the Sanfrecce Hiroshima at BMW Stadium in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo on Saturday, May 30, 2015.

Delhi-NCR experienced mild tremors on Saturday. Separately, a powerful earthquake also struck near remote Japanese islands and shook most of the country on Saturday evening, but it occurred well beneath the earth's surface and did not trigger a Tsunami warning.

The magnitude-8.5 offshore quake struck off the Ogasawara islands at a depth of 590 kilometers (370 miles), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The US Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 7.8 and a depth of 678 kilometers (421 miles).

The temblor was powerful enough to rattle most of Japan, from the southern islands of Okinawa to Hokkaido in the north. It caused buildings to sway in Tokyo - about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) north of the Ogasawara islands - and temporarily disrupted some train services in the city. About 400 houses in Saitama prefecture, just north of the capital, were without power, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Co.

At Tokyo's Roppongi Hills shopping and business complex, elevators stopped soon after the earthquake struck the area, forcing hundreds of visitors to climb down the stairs. Among them were about 200 people who came to see the Star Wars exhibit on the 52nd floor.

It is not immediately known if the Delhi-NCR temblor was related to Tokyo earthquake.

Earlier in the day, fresh aftershocks were felt Nepal over a month after the country's worst quake struck. A 4-magnitude aftershock was recorded at 1.55am, with epicentre at Dhading district, according to the National Seismological Centre, Kathmandu.

With this, total number of aftershocks since the April 25 quake has reached 291.

Nepal's deadly temblor has triggered a series of aftershocks and has devastated the Himalayan nation, flattening buildings and killing nearly 9,000 people besides hitting the tourism industry hard.



