Earthquake in Japan: Quake of Magnitude 5.3 Hits Kanagawa Prefecture

Tokyo, August 9: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 on Friday struck Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa, south of Tokyo, local weather agency said. The temblor occurred at 7.57 p.m. local time, measuring lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

At a depth of 10 km, the epicenter was located off the western Kanagawa prefecture at a latitude of 35.4 degrees north and a longitude of 139.2 degrees east, Xinhua new agency reported quoting the JMA.

🚨 BREAKING: MAGNITUDE-5.3 EARTHQUAKE HITS TOKYO

A magnitude-5.3 earthquake struck Tokyo and eastern Japan, just a day after the country’s first megaquake advisory.

PM Kishida reported no significant damage so far.

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The tremor was strongly felt in Tokyo and Saitama prefecture, with no tsunami warning issued.

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