15.07.2011 - 13:35 [ Xinhuanet ]

Moderate quake jolts Japan‘s Kanto region

A moderate quake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted Japan‘s Kanto region at 9:01 p.m. Friday, said the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The focus of the quake was located at a depth of 60 km to the south of Ibaraki Prefecture, some 100 km north of Tokyo, where the jolt was strongly felt.