TOKYO –
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck northeastern Chiba Prefecture at round 12:07 a.m. on October 29, registering a most depth of 5-lower on Japan’s seven-level seismic scale and sending tremors throughout a large space of jap and central Japan, together with Narita Airport, the place footage captured the second of shaking.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the earthquake’s epicenter was positioned in northeastern Chiba Prefecture at an estimated depth of fifty kilometers. Authorities stated there was no threat of a tsunami.
The strongest shaking, measuring 5-lower on the Japanese seismic depth scale, was recorded in northeastern Chiba Prefecture. At this stage, many individuals could discover it tough to stroll with out holding onto one thing, unsecured furnishings can transfer or topple, and objects could fall from cabinets.
Footage recorded at Narita Airport confirmed the second the earthquake struck, highlighting the depth of the tremors within the area surrounding considered one of Japan’s busiest worldwide aviation hubs.
Shaking measuring depth 3 was recorded throughout northern and southern Ibaraki Prefecture, southern Tochigi Prefecture, southern Saitama Prefecture, northwestern and southern Chiba Prefecture, and jap Kanagawa Prefecture.
Tremors measuring depth 2 have been felt throughout a a lot wider space, together with northern Tochigi, northern Saitama, western Kanagawa, southern Miyagi, the Nakadori and Hamadori areas of Fukushima, northern and southern Gunma, Tokyo’s 23 wards and jap Tokyo, the Chuetsu area of Niigata, central and western Yamanashi, jap Yamanashi and the Fuji Five Lakes space, in addition to the Izu and jap areas of Shizuoka Prefecture.
Weaker shaking measuring depth 1 was additionally detected within the Chichibu area of Saitama, northern and central Miyagi, the Aizu area of Fukushima, western Tokyo, the Izu Islands together with Izu Oshima, Niijima and Miyakejima, central Shizuoka, the Murayama area of Yamagata, and central and southern Nagano.
The earthquake was felt throughout a broad stretch of jap Japan, extending from the Tokyo metropolitan space northward into components of the Tohoku area and westward into the central Japanese prefectures.
Although the magnitude was estimated at 5.4, the comparatively shallow depth and proximity to populated areas resulted in sturdy native shaking, significantly in northeastern Chiba.
The Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed that the earthquake posed no tsunami menace.
Source: TBS