Quake wakes Tokyo
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TOKYO (AFP) - - A moderate earthquake jolted Tokyo and nearby areas early Thursday, waking residents from their beds and triggering a series of aftershocks. The earthquake measured 5.3 with its epicentre located 30 kilometres (20 miles) below sea level and off the coast of Chiba prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. It struck at 4:15 am (1915 GMT Wednesday), swaying buildings in central Tokyo and neighbouring China.
"We have no reports of damage from the quake ... although one person was slightly injured" in Chiba prefecture, local police said, referring to a man aged 29 who was asleep when a light fighting fell on his face. Train services were also briefly disrupted. The tremor was followed by several aftershocks.
"We may not have to worry about the possibility of a huge quake but seismic activity has become relatively vigorous around the area," an official at the meteorological agency said.
Japan experiences some 20 percent of the world's powerful earthquakes. An earthquake last month in central Japan registered 6.8 and killed 11 people.
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TOKYO (AFP) - - A moderate earthquake jolted Tokyo and nearby areas early Thursday, waking residents from their beds and triggering a series of aftershocks. The earthquake measured 5.3 with its epicentre located 30 kilometres (20 miles) below sea level and off the coast of Chiba prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. It struck at 4:15 am (1915 GMT Wednesday), swaying buildings in central Tokyo and neighbouring China.
"We have no reports of damage from the quake ... although one person was slightly injured" in Chiba prefecture, local police said, referring to a man aged 29 who was asleep when a light fighting fell on his face. Train services were also briefly disrupted. The tremor was followed by several aftershocks.
"We may not have to worry about the possibility of a huge quake but seismic activity has become relatively vigorous around the area," an official at the meteorological agency said.
Japan experiences some 20 percent of the world's powerful earthquakes. An earthquake last month in central Japan registered 6.8 and killed 11 people.
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Relatively strong quakes hit eastern Chiba Pref. injuring 1
A series of relatively strong earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of more than 4 rocked eastern Chiba Prefecture just east of Tokyo from early Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported.
At 4:14 a.m., a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 hit the area, followed by jolts with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 at 1:36 p.m., 5.1 at 4:55 p.m., and 4.0 at 5:07 p.m., according to the agency.
The magnitude 5.1 jolt at 4:55 p.m. measured 4 on the Japanese scale in Mobara, Oami, Ichinomiya and other locations in Chiba Prefecture, while the 1:36 p.m. quake measured 4 in Ichinomiya, Mutsuzawa, Chonan and Otaki. A 67-year-old woman in Funabashi broke her left arm when she fell out of bed due to the 4:14 a.m. quake, while 20 train services were cancelled or delayed as East Japan Railway Co. suspended operations on the JR Sotobo Line for checks for about two hours. While the agency is forecasting that aftershocks of intensity 4 are likely to occur during the coming week, an official said, "As big damage is unlikely, we hope people will stay calm."
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A series of relatively strong earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of more than 4 rocked eastern Chiba Prefecture just east of Tokyo from early Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported.
At 4:14 a.m., a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 hit the area, followed by jolts with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 at 1:36 p.m., 5.1 at 4:55 p.m., and 4.0 at 5:07 p.m., according to the agency.
The magnitude 5.1 jolt at 4:55 p.m. measured 4 on the Japanese scale in Mobara, Oami, Ichinomiya and other locations in Chiba Prefecture, while the 1:36 p.m. quake measured 4 in Ichinomiya, Mutsuzawa, Chonan and Otaki. A 67-year-old woman in Funabashi broke her left arm when she fell out of bed due to the 4:14 a.m. quake, while 20 train services were cancelled or delayed as East Japan Railway Co. suspended operations on the JR Sotobo Line for checks for about two hours. While the agency is forecasting that aftershocks of intensity 4 are likely to occur during the coming week, an official said, "As big damage is unlikely, we hope people will stay calm."
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