Earthquake with a seismic intensity of 4 in Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Chiba prefectures, no worries about tsunami | AERA dot.

At around 8:40 pm on the 24th, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred with its epicenter in northern Ibaraki Prefecture, with a maximum seismic intensity of 4 observed in Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Chiba prefectures. There is no need to worry about a tsunami from this earthquake.

Earthquake overview

At around 8:40 pm on the 24th, an earthquake with a maximum seismic intensity of 4 occurred in Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Chiba prefectures. The epicenter was in northern Ibaraki Prefecture (36.5 degrees north latitude, 140.6 degrees east longitude), the depth of the epicenter was approximately 60 km, and the magnitude of the earthquake was estimated to be 5.0.
There is no need to worry about a tsunami from this earthquake.

Municipalities where seismic intensity 3 or higher was observed

[Seismic intensity 4]
◆Ibaraki Prefecture
Mito City Hitachi City Hitachinaka City Hitachiomiya City Shirosato Town Tokai Village Tsuchiura City

◆Tochigi Prefecture
Ichigai Town

◆Chiba Prefecture
Noda City

[Seismic intensity 3]
◆Fukushima Prefecture
Shirakawa City Tamura City Kagamiishi Town Tanagura Town Yamatsuri Town Tamagawa Village Asakawa Town Iwaki City

◆Ibaraki Prefecture
Hitachiota City Takahagi City Kitaibaraki City Kasama City Naka City Omitama City Ibaraki Town Oarai Town Daigo Town Ishioka City Yuki City Shimotsuma City Joso City Toride City Tsukuba City Ibaraki Kashima City Moriya City Chikusei City Bando City Inashiki City Kasumigaura City Sakuragawa City Namegata City Hokota City Miho Village Ami Town Yachiyo Town Goka Town Sakai Town

◆Tochigi Prefecture
Utsunomiya City Ashikaga City Oyama City Moka City Tochigi Sakura City Nasukarasuyama City Mashiko Town Mogi Town Haga Town Mibu Town Takanezawa Town Tochigi Nakagawa Town Nikko City Otawara City

◆Gunma Prefecture
Kiryu City Shibukawa City

◆Saitama Prefecture
Kumagaya City Higashimatsuyama City Kasukabe City Miyashiro Town

◆Chiba Prefecture
Ichikawa City Narita City Yachiyo City Kamagaya City Shirai City