Magnitude 5.3 quake shakes eastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
Thursday, October 20, 2016 IST
A earthquake with a preparatory size of 5.3 shook eastern Japan on Thursday yet there were no prompt reports of harm and a wave cautioning was not issued.
The epicenter of the seismic tremor, which happened at 11:50 a.m. (0250 GMT), was in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Earthquake are normal in Japan, one of the world's most seismically dynamic zones. Japan represents around 20 percent of the world's seismic tremors of extent 6 or more noteworthy.
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