No worry about seismic intensity 4 tsunami in Chiba prefecture May 6 2:00
At 1:57 am on the 6th, there was an earthquake in Chiba prefecture that observed a seismic intensity of 4. There are no worries about the tsunami caused by this earthquake.
The quake with seismic intensity 4 was observed in Chuo Ward, Chiba City.
In addition, we observed seismic intensities of 3 to 1 in Kanto Koshinetsu, Shizuoka, Fukushima, and Miyagi prefectures.
According to observations by the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter is northwestern Chiba Prefecture, the depth of the epicenter is 70 km, and the magnitude indicating the magnitude of the earthquake is estimated to be 5.0.
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced an earthquake early warning saying that strong shaking could be expected in various parts of the Kanto region such as Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, but no strong shaking of seismic intensity 5 or more was observed.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said, "Earthquake early warning predicts shaking in a short time immediately after the earthquake, so there may be a one-step error in the seismic intensity, but be careful of strong shaking when early warning is issued." .