Magnitude 5.6 earthquake off the coast of Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture

Earthquake off the coast of Ibaraki

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred on November 7 off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. The report came from the Kyodo news agency, citing data from the Japan Meteorological Agency. The tremors were recorded at 20:07 local time (14:07 Moscow time), with the hypocenter at a depth of about 20 km and a maximum intensity of 3 on Japan's seven-point scale.

Where the tremors were felt

The strongest shaking was felt in the cities of Koriyama and Tamura in Fukushima Prefecture. In Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Miyagi, and Yamagata prefectures, the intensity reached 2. In Tokyo, tremors were felt in the Arakawa, Chuo, and Chiyoda districts with an intensity of 1 to 2, as well as in the city of Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture. There was no tsunami threat, and no reports of injuries or damage were received.

Second strong earthquake in two days

According to HK01, this is already the second earthquake of magnitude 5 or higher in the region in two days: the day before, on November 6, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake with a hypocenter at a depth of 10 km occurred off the eastern coast of the Kanto region. Thus, within a short period of time, seismic activity affected the same area of eastern Japan; however, according to available data, both events occurred without casualties or damage.