Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Thursday announced that an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck off the east coast of Chiba Prefecture in Japan .
The earthquake occurred at around 4.47 am, with its epicentre at a latitude of 35.5 degrees north and a longitude of 141.2 degrees east, and at a depth of 30 km.
The quake logged 5 minus in some parts of Chiba Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7. So far no tsunami warning has been issued.
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