6.3m Earthquake hits Japan, No Tsunami warning

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 hit Ibaraki Prefecture at around 9:38 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. A strong jolt was felt in the Kanto and Tohoku regions. The quake occurred about 10 kilometers deep in the northern part of the prefecture. A lower 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 was felt in Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture. An upper 5 was recorded in Hitachi in the same prefecture.

No tsunami warning has been issued.

At a press conference at about 10:18 p.m., Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga assured there is no tsunami risk. Suga added that the central government had received reports from its Nuclear Regulation Agency that no abnormality has been found at nuclear facilities. 

Meanwhile, the government set up an office on Wednesday night to deal with the quake at the crisis management center of the Prime Minister’s Office. According to sources including the Kenpoku Medical Center Takahagi Kyodo Hospital in Takahagi, a woman in her 40s and a man in his 60s were injured in the quake.

From, the Japan News