Magnitude 4.9 quake hits Tokyo area, no tsunami warning

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Thu, 10 Aug 2017 - 09:02 GMT

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Thu, 10 Aug 2017 - 09:02 GMT

A car lies in a mountain creek beside a road that hit by a rockslide after an earthquake outside Jiuzhaigou - REUTERS

A car lies in a mountain creek beside a road that hit by a rockslide after an earthquake outside Jiuzhaigou - REUTERS

TOKYO - 10 August 2017: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 hit the Tokyo area on Thursday but no tsunami warning was issued, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.

The quake was centered in northwestern Chiba prefecture, east to Tokyo, according to the agency.

Japan is one of the world's most seismically active areas, accounting for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.

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