TOKYO, Feb 21 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck off the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Fukushima on Friday, Xinhua reported, citing the country's weather agency.
The temblor occurred at around 10.01 pm local time at a depth of 50 kilometres, measuring 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The epicentre was located at a latitude of 37.5 degrees north and a longitude of 141.5 degrees east.
There was no tsunami warning, the JMA added. - Bernama-Xinhua
