Fukushima Ibaraki In Chiba, seismic intensity 3 May 11 9:29

There was an earthquake observing a seismic intensity of 3 in Fukushima prefecture, Ibaraki prefecture, and Chiba prefecture at 8:58 am on the 11th. There are no worries about the tsunami caused by this earthquake.

As for the seismic intensity of each region, we observed shaking of seismic intensity 3 in Koriyama City and Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture, Mito City and Hitachi City in Ibaraki Prefecture, and Asahi City and Katori City in Chiba Prefecture.

In addition, seismic intensities of 2 and 1 were observed in the Tohoku region, Kanto Koshinetsu, and part of the Tokai region.

According to observations by the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter was off the coast of Ibaraki prefecture, with a depth of 50 km and a magnitude of 5.5 indicating the magnitude of the earthquake.

Japan Meteorological Agency "I want you to be alert to strong shaking when breaking news comes out."

The Japan Meteorological Agency announced an earthquake early warning saying that strong tremors were expected in various parts of the Kanto region and Fukushima Prefecture, but the maximum seismic intensity was 3, and no strong tremors with an intensity of less than 5 were observed.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said, "Earthquake Early Warning predicts shaking in a short time immediately after the earthquake, so errors may occur, but when the early warning comes out, please be wary of strong shaking."