Written by TOKYO: – A sturdy earthquake hit off the eastern beach of inner Japan on Sunday, shocking buildings crossways a broad swath of the nation, including the crowded Tokyo capital.
There were no instant information of injure or losses, and the government said there was no hazard from tsunamis.
The quake had an early predictable magnitude of 6.6, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It strike at 0808 GMT on Sunday, or 5:08 p.m. local time.
The earthquake was centered about 80 kilometers off the eastern beach of central Fukushima Prefecture, and sock at an intensity of 25 miles (40 kilometers).
It was physically powerful enough to quietly sway buildings in Tokyo, about 300 kilometers to the southwest, for numerous seconds.
Television descriptions from the sections near where the quake was centered showed no injure, with cars driving usually.
Japan’s early caution system forecast the earthquake just prior to it hit, with public broadcaster NHK disrupt a sumo match to caution residents to take cover.
The nation is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone nations. In 1995, a magnitude-7.2 quake in the western port city of Kobe destroyed 6,400 people.
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