An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck an inland area of Iwate Prefecture in Japan’s northeast on Thursday, the weather agency said.
M5.0 quake hits Iwate Prefecture in northeast Japan
TOKYO, May 14 (Kyodo/APP): An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck an inland area of Iwate Prefecture in Japan’s northeast on Thursday, the weather agency said.
The 5:01 a.m. temblor, which occurred at a depth of about 10 kilometers, registered 4 in parts of the prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The agency said the quake posed no risk of tsunami.
