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Monday, April 15, 2013

M5.2 quake jolts Fukushima, vicinity


M5.2 quake jolts Fukushima, vicinity

An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.2 jolted Fukushima Prefecture and its vicinity Sunday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The 10:25 p.m. quake registered intensity 4 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in several parts of the prefecture, including Tamura and Minamisoma, according to the agency.
No tsunami warning was issued following the quake originated off Fukushima at a depth of around 50 km.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/14/national/m5-2-quake-jolts-fukushima-vicinity/#.UWwFGMpfaSp

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