An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 on Sunday struck off Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Trend reports citing Xinhua.
The temblor occurred at around 7:06 p.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 36.6 degrees north and a longitude of 141.1 degrees east, and at a depth of 40 km.
The quake logged 5 Lower in some parts of Ibaraki Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.
So far no tsunami warning has been issued.