M4.5 Earthquake Hits Gifu Prefecture, Area Northeast of Nagoya; No Tsunami Warning, Says JMA

M4.5 Earthquake Hits Gifu Prefecture, Area Northeast of Nagoya; No Tsunami Warning, says JMA

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.5 hit Gifu Prefecture, northeast of Nagoya, at 3:29 p.m. on Thursday. It measured 4 on the seismic intensity scale of 7 in Takayama in Gifu Prefecture and 3 in Hida in the prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The agency said that no tsunami is expected.

Earthquake: Once again panic spread among the people due to the tremors of the earthquake. The intensity of the earthquake was measured at 5.5. Earlier, an earthquake had also occurred on Wednesday.

A strong earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck southern Iran today, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reported.