TOKYO—An earthquake shook Japan’s capital, Tokyo, and surrounding areas on Thursday, injuring several people and causing minor damage, officials and media said.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, this earthquake had a magnitude of 5.4 and its epicenter is in Chiba Prefecture, south-east of Tokyo. There was no tsunami warning.
Four people were hurt, including a man who was hit by a falling
ceiling light, according to Japan’s Kyodo news agency, and some rail service was canceled or delayed.
Japan is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone nations, and a massive 2011 quake and subsequent tsunami killed thousands and caused a cataclysmic meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant….
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