TOKYO, Japan, July 25 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale, today (Thursday), struck off the east coast of Japan’s Chiba Prefecture, according to Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The temblor occurred at around 7:14 a.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 35.1 degrees north and a longitude of 140.6 degrees east, and at a depth of 60 km.
The quake logged 3 in some parts of Chiba Prefecture, on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.
So far no tsunami warning has been issued.– NNN-NHK
