TOKYO, Jul 17 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2, yesterday struck Japan’s prefecture of Ibaraki, just north-east of Tokyo, the local weather agency, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), said.
The temblor occurred at 10:19 p.m. local time (1319 GMT), measuring 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, said the JMA.
At a depth of 70 km, the epicentre was located off southern Ibaraki prefecture, at a latitude of 36.1 degrees north and a longitude of 140.1 degrees east.
The tremors were strongly felt in central Tokyo, with no tsunami warnings issued.– NNN-NHK
