Earthquake in Japan: 5.0-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Fukushima Prefecture, No Tsunami Warning Issued

Tokyo, December 8: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 on Wednesday struck off Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at around 2:29 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 37.2 degrees north and a longitude of 141.2 degrees east, and at depth of 20 km. Earthquake in US: Quake of Magnitude 5.8 Hits Off East Coast of US.

The quake logged 3 in some parts of Fukushima Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7. So far no tsunami warning has been issued.

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