1st LD Writethru: 5.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture, no tsunami warning

Source: Xinhua| 2020-09-07 06:00:52|Editor: huaxia

TOKYO, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 struck off Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The temblor occurred at 6:34 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 36.7 degrees north and a longitude of 141. 6 degrees east, and at a depth of 20 km.

The quake was logged 3 in some parts of Ibaraki Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

No tsunami warning has been issued so far. Enditem

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