Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 jolted Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma prefectures near Tokyo on Thursday, but no tsunami occurred, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The 6:42 p.m. quake, with the focus at a depth of about 40 kilometers in southern Ibaraki Prefecture, was also felt in central Tokyo.
The temblor measured 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in southern parts of the three prefectures, the agency said.