4.6 quake rocks Eastern Japan

February 5, 2016

M4.6 quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued

http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160205/p2g/00m/0dm/023000c

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 shook eastern Japan including Tokyo on Friday morning, the weather agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

The 7:41 a.m. quake registered 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Machida, western Tokyo, and Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The quake, originating at a depth of some 30 kilometers in eastern Kanagawa, briefly disrupted sections of bullet train operations of the Tokaido Shinkansen Line.