TOKYO, Nov. 9 — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, while shaking was felt in the Japanese capital.
The temblor occurred at around 1:52 p.m. local time at a depth of about 10 km, measuring 3 on Japan’s 0-to-7 seismic-intensity scale in parts of Miyagi, Ibaraki, Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures, the weather agency said.
The quake’s epicenter was located at a latitude of 36.2 degrees north and a longitude of 142.2 degrees east.
No tsunami warning was issued.
(Namibia Daily News/Xinhua)
