Earthquake jolts town in northern Japan, no tsunami danger

A shallow earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 shook the city of Suzu at the tip of the Noto peninsula in northern Japan on Monday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The epicentre of the earthquake felt on Tuesday night was located south of Johannesburg in Soweto. Stock photo.
The epicentre of the earthquake felt on Tuesday night was located south of Johannesburg in Soweto. Stock photo. (123RF/enterfobay)

A shallow earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 shook the city of Suzu at the tip of the Noto peninsula in northern Japan on Monday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

The quake was 10km deep and measured a "strong 5" on Japan's earthquake intensity scale of 7 in Suzu city, on the Sea of Japan coast. There was no danger of a tsunami, JMA said.

A quake jolted the same region on Sunday afternoon.


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