5.4 Magnitude Earthquake Close to Tokyo Causes Minor Accidents, Harm
TOKYO (AP) — An earthquake shook Japan’s capital, Tokyo, and surrounding areas on Thursday, injuring a number of folks and inflicting minor injury, officers and media mentioned.
The quake had a 5.4 magnitude and its epicenter was in Chiba prefecture, southeast of Tokyo, in response to the Japan Meteorological Company. No tsunami warning was issued.
4 folks have been harm, together with a person who was hit by a falling ceiling gentle, in response to Japan’s Kyodo information company, and a few rail service was canceled or delayed.
Japan is among the world’s most earthquake-prone nations, and an enormous 2011 quake and subsequent tsunami killed 1000’s and brought about a cataclysmic meltdown on the Fukushima nuclear plant.
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