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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted the Kanto region on Saturday night, but no tsunami alert was issued.
The quake, which lasted about 30 seconds, struck at 8:44 p.m., the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Its epicenter was in northwestern Chiba Prefecture at a depth of about 90 kilometers, the agency said.
The quake registered a 4 in Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, and a 3 in Tokyo's 23 wards.
© Japan Today
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sillygirl
The quakes seem to last a bit longer these days.
Badge213
Seriously felt nothing. A non news story.
rickyvee
felt a lot stronger than 4!!
the_odeman
was longer than 30 seconds here in Yokohama
oikawa
It wasn't magnitude 4, that was the shindo level. As it says later it was M5.4 or 5.5 depending on the earthquake agency you read.
Seawolf
Looking at the map it seems the center was right below Disney Resort's Vulcano.
sensei258
Earthquakes generate a primary and a secondary wave. The primary wave is up and down, and feels like going over a speed bump. The secondary wave is the side to side shaking. I felt the big primary on today's quake, and I said "this is gonna be a good one" before the shaking started.
gogogo
Didn't feel anything, dont know what the fuss is about.
subyyaki
I was wondering why they were reporting such a small quake. Thank you to the readers for clearing up the magnitude. I hope everyone is ok, as I am sure they are after a 5.4. I have noticed that as well, that as least psychologically, the quakes last longer these days.
wildwest
That was a good one here in north Tokyo.
Vernie Jefferies
I am near Shinjuku, and it shook pretty hard while I was eating my dinner in the kitchen. It did last longer than the normal routine. Also I think these recent quakes are making up for lost time from the quiet spell we had these last few months.
Shaolin7
It was certainly noticeable in Kichijoji. I'm glad it wasn't more serious, for everyone's sake.
Jean Val-Jean
It was stronger than other more recent ones.
ambrosia
gogo/badge213: So because you two felt nothing this is a non-story? And how is any fuss being made? It's a simple three-sentence article giving pretty much nothing but numbers. There is no speculation or opinion in it and the posts are pretty subdued. That's hardly what I'd call a fuss.
nath
Shook me up pretty good. Was surprised by the length of it.
KnowBetter
At first I thought, WOW that's some seriously good SFX and sound as I was watching a movie at a friends place when the quake hit and his neighbours always always know when he's watching a movie... hint, hint.
Scnadal.Lova
evry earthquake makes me worried.