TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) - A magnitude-4.8 earthquake hit Ibaraki, north of Tokyo, at 9.49am on Sunday (April 26), shaking buildings in the capital.

The earthquake hit at a depth of 70km and was centred inland, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There was no risk of tsunami from the earthquake, the agency said, and no immediate reports of damage.

The temblor caused shaking of level 4 out of 7 on Japan's "shindo" shaking intensity scale in Ibaraki, and 3 in central Tokyo.