4.3-magnitude quake hits Japan's Ibaraki

Tokyo, Dec 4 An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 jolted Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on Wednesday, the country's weather agency said.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 7:11 pm local time at a depth of 50 km, measuring 3 on Japan's seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7. Tremors were felt in parts of Tokyo, Xinhua news agency reported.

The temblor's epicentre was located at a latitude of 36.1 degrees north and a longitude of 139.9 degrees east.

Earlier on November 26, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted off Japan's Ishikawa.

The temblor occurred at 10:47 p.m. local time at a depth of 10 km, measuring lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of the prefecture, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The epicentre was located at a latitude of 37 degrees north and a longitude of 136.5 degrees east.

Source: IANS