The earthquake rocked buildings, stopped public transport, and caused goods to fall off store shelves. The locals’ mobile phones sounded alarms, giving them time to reach the shelter.
Several hundred houses in Tokyo were left without electricity. Staff at the Tokyo Fire Department went to repair the broken plumbing pipes.
According to preliminary information from the JMA, the epicenter of the earthquake was in Chiba Prefecture east of Tokyo, while the hypocenter was at a depth of 80 kilometers. No warning of a possible tsunami was issued.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the magnitude of the earthquake at 5.9 magnitude and reported that the hypocenter was at a depth of 61 kilometers.
This was one of the strongest earthquakes in Tokyo since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that claimed thousands of lives in March 2011 in Japan.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck a depth of 114 kilometers in northwestern Myanmar on Friday morning. No casualties or damage have been reported.
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