M5.9 quake rattles eastern Japan

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 shook eastern Japan early Friday, the weather agency said.The temblor struck at around 3:24 a.m. in the Pacific Ocean off Chiba Prefecture with a focus about 30 kilometers below the surface, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency did not issue a tsunami warning.The quake registered 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the southern part of Ibaraki Prefecture and the northeastern part of Chiba Prefecture. The shaking was felt across a wide area from central to northeastern Japan, including in Tokyo.There were no immediat…READ FULL ARTICLE