TOKYO, Mac 15 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8, struck off Japan’s north-eastern prefecture of Fukushima today, according to the country’s weather agency.
The temblor occurred at 00:14 a.m. local time (1514 GMT), at a depth of 50 km, measuring lower 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, which peaks at 7, said Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The epicentre was located off the prefecture at a latitude of 37.1 degrees north and a longitude of 141.2 degrees east.
Tremors were also felt in central Tokyo.
No casualties have been reported so far, and the JMA has not issued tsunami warnings.– NNN-NHK
