5.5-magnitude quake hits Japan’s Chiba prefecture, with shaking felt in Tokyo and no tsunami threat, the weather agency said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Seong-mi = A magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred at 0:07 on the 29th in an area 55 km east of Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Masahito Ozawa, Director of Disaster and Emergency Affairs Bureau, Constitutional Democratic Party
At approximately 0:07 AM today, an earthquake occurred with its epicenter in northeastern Chiba Prefecture, and a seismic intensity of 5-minus was observed in Yokoshibahikari Town, Chiba Prefecture. In response to this,