TOKYO, Japan, Feb 1 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.3, on Saturday, struck Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The temblor occurred at 2:07 a.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 36.0 degrees north, and a longitude of 140.1 degrees east, and at a depth of 70 km.
The quake logged four in some parts of Ibaraki Prefecture, on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, which peaks at seven.
So far no tsunami warning has been issued.– NNN-NHK
