Magnitude 4.6 earthquake hits east Japan

  05 February 2016    Read: 1110
Magnitude 4.6 earthquake hits east Japan
No tsunami warning issued; bullet train services at parts of line between Tokyo and Osaka briefly disrupted
A moderate earthquake hit eastern Japan Friday, resulting in no tsunami warning but brief disruptions to a bullet train line operating in Tokyo.

The tremor had a preliminary magnitude of 4.6, Kyodo news agency cited the Japan Meteorological Agency as saying.

The earthquake, which occurred at 7.41 a.m. at a depth of 30 kilometers in Kanagawa Prefecture, measured 4 out of 7 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale in Kawasaki city and Tokyo’s western Machida region.

While no casualties or damage were reported, bullet train services at parts of the 515.4-kilometer Tokaido Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Osaka to the west were briefly disrupted.

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