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5.5-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Tokyo Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

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2021-07-16 13:14:46Xinhua Editor : Li Yan ECNS App Download

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on Friday struck off Hachijojima Islands in Japan's Tokyo Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at around 1:20 p.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 33.2 degrees north and a longitude of 139.4 degrees east, and at a depth of 10 km.

The quake logged 4 in some parts of Tokyo Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

So far no tsunami warning has been issued. 

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