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M5.9 quake shakes eastern Japan, injuring more than 20 people
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A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early Sunday, injuring more than 20 people, most of them slightly, officials said. There was no danger of a tsunami.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake occurred at 2 a.m. in Ibaraki Prefecture, at a depth of 70 kilometers, an area of Japan prone to frequent quakes. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a preliminary magnitude of 5.8.
Twenty-three people were injured in four prefectures in the region — nine in Saitama, another nine in Kanagawa, four in Chiba and one in Ibaraki — according to prefectural officials.
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