6.2-magnitude quake strikes Japan

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 on Thursday struck off the east coast of Chiba Prefecture in Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), reported Xinhua.

The temblor occurred at around 4:47 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 35.5 degrees north and a longitude of 141.2 degrees east, and at a depth of 30 km.

The quake logged 5 minus in some parts of Chiba Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

So far no tsunami warning has been issued.