5.7-magnitude earthquake jolts western Japan; no tsunami warning issued
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No tsunami warning was issued.
PHOTO: USGS
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 jolted western Japan on May 2, but no tsunami warning was issued, the country’s weather agency said.
The quake, which struck at 6.28pm, registered 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the prefectures of Mie, Nara and Wakayama, and occurred at a depth of 70km in Nara, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. KYODO NEWS
