Heavy snow hits areas along Sea of Japan
Heavy snow hit Sea of Japan coastal areas in northern, central and western Japan on Friday, disrupting bullet train operations and forcing the closure of some sections of expressways and national roads.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 jolted Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture on Wednesday, the country’s weather agency said.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 jolted Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture on Wednesday, the country’s weather agency said.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 7:11 pm local time at a depth of 50 km, measuring 3 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7. Tremors were felt in parts of Tokyo, Xinhua news agency reported.
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The temblor’s epicentre was located at a latitude of 36.1 degrees north and a longitude of 139.9 degrees east.
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Earlier on November 26, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted off Japan’s Ishikawa.
The temblor occurred at 10:47 p.m. local time at a depth of 10 km, measuring lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of the prefecture, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The epicentre was located at a latitude of 37 degrees north and a longitude of 136.5 degrees east.
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