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Eastern Japan Hit by 5.0-Magnitude Earthquake – Japan Meteorological Agency

© REUTERS / Mike BlakeA working seismograph is shown in a display about earthquakes during the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill at the Discovery Cube Science Center in Santa Ana, California, U.S. October 18, 2018
A working seismograph is shown in a display about earthquakes during the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill at the Discovery Cube Science Center in Santa Ana, California, U.S. October 18, 2018 - Sputnik International
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TOKYO (Sputnik) – The eastern Japanese Ibaraki prefecture was hit by a 5.0-magnitude earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Tuesday in a statement.

According to the statement, the epicentre of the earthquake was located at the depth of 50 kilometres (over 30 miles) in the southern part of the prefecture.

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The tremors were felt in 14 prefectures, the agency said.

There are no reports about victims and damages caused by the quake. No tsunami alert was declared.

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Japan is located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffers from powerful earthquakes. The 2011 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the following tsunami killed over 15,000 people and caused the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster.

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