5.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima, reports JMA


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).

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