Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 jolts Tokyo, minor hurt induced | World News

An earthquake shook Japan’s capital, Tokyo, and surrounding areas on Thursday, injuring plenty of of us and inflicting minor hurt, officers and media talked about.

The quake had a 5.4 magnitude and its epicenter was in Chiba prefecture, southeast of Tokyo, based mostly on the Japan Meteorological Firm. No tsunami warning was issued.

4 of us have been injury, along with an individual who was hit by a falling ceiling mild, based mostly on Japan’s Kyodo info firm, and some rail service was canceled or delayed.

Japan is no doubt one of many world’s most earthquake-prone nations, and a big 2011 quake and subsequent tsunami killed 1000’s and induced a cataclysmic meltdown on the Fukushima nuclear plant.