M5.4 quake hits central Japan, 5 injured

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck central Japan on Sunday, leaving at least five people injured in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast.The quake occurred at 3:08 p.m., registering lower 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Suzu city, at the tip of the Noto Peninsula in the prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Its focus was at a depth of about 13 kilometers in the Noto region, according to the agency.The temblor also registered lower 5 in the town of Noto, 4 in Wajima of Ishikawa and 3 in some parts of the neighboring prefectures of …READ FULL ARTICLE