A shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted Nagano Prefecture and its vicinity in central Japan on Thursday morning, injuring at least 11 people, the Japan Meteorological Agency and local media said.
The 8:16 a.m. quake was centered in central Nagano and injured 11 people in Matsumoto and Yamagata in the prefecture. Two of the injured suffered broken bones, according to Kyodo News.
No tsunami warning was issued after the quake, Xinhua reported.
The quake was followed by two aftershocks of magnitude 5.1 and magnitude 3.9.
Kyodo quoted Akira Nagai, the agency's senior official in charge of quake and tsunami observation as saying that it is likely that more aftershocks measuring up to 5 will occur in the coming week.
11 injured after 5.4-magnitude quake jolts central Japan
A shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted Nagano Prefecture and its vicinity in central Japan on Thursday morning, injuring at least 11 people, the Japan Meteorological Agency and local media said.
