M5.3 quake hits Ibaraki, Fukushima, other parts of Japan
07:12, 19 April 2022
TOKYO. KAZINFORM - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures as well as other parts of Japan on Tuesday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, Kyodo reports.
The 8:16 a.m. quake registered a lower 5 on Japan's seismic intensity scale of 7 in northern Ibaraki, while parts of Ibaraki, Fukushima, Tochigi and Saitama prefectures registered 4. No tsunami warning was issued.
The temblor originated in an inland part of Fukushima at a depth of about 90 kilometers.