Tokyo: Strong tremors have been felt in Japan. Its intensity on the Richter scale has been assessed as 5.2. This has been reported by the European-Mediterranean Earthquake Centre (EMSC). The epicenter of the earthquake was the southern part of Ibaraki province east of the capital Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK has said. Eyewitnesses have also seen an earthquake-shaking building in Tokyo, but no damage has been reported so far.
While it has been revealed that strong tremors have been felt in Tokyo and surrounding areas of eastern Japan on Sunday, no tsunami warning has been detected so far. The 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurred around 12:31 p.m. Which has been recorded at 4 on a Japanese seismic scale of minus 7 in Ibaraki, northeast of the capital and other areas. No information has been revealed so far about the problem with any nuclear plant (Nuclear Power Plant) in the province, including the Tokai No.2 nuclear power plant, which has not been operational since March 2011.
Trains stopped operating: Shinkansen (train) operations in the area are said to have been banned for some time but resumed. Some sections of the JR Mito line are currently working at low speed. Earlier in the day, it was reported that the evacuation of residents from the island of Acusekijima in southwestern Japan had begun after Thursday's earthquake, Which was recorded more than five on the Japanese seismic scale of zero to seven.
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