TOKYO, May 22 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8, today struck off Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The temblor occurred at around 12:24 p.m. local time, at a latitude of 36.8 degrees north and a longitude of 141.5 east and at a depth of 30 km.
The quake logged five upper in some parts of Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures, on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at seven.
So far no tsunami warning has been issued.– NNN-NHK
