Tokyo, Aug 18 (UNI) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck off Fukushima Prefecture in northeast Japan on Thursday, the weather agency said.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 2.26 pm local time at a depth of 60 km.
The weather agency said the offshore quake measured 4 on Japan's seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7 in some areas in Fukushima, as well as neighboring Miyagi Prefecture.