M4.8 quake hits Tokyo, Kanagawa, other eastern Japan areas

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 struck Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture and other areas in eastern Japan on Sunday morning but there was no danger of a tsunami, the weather agency said.The 8:59 a.m. quake registered 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in central and other areas of Tokyo and in Yokohama in Kanagawa, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.There were no immediate reports of casualties due to the temblor, which occurred at a depth of 80 kilometers in Tokyo Bay. The quake caused slight delays to many public transportation services in the metropolitan…READ FULL ARTICLE