5.5-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Japan near Tokyo

TOKYO, June 16 — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan on Tuesday, the country’s weather agency said, with tremors felt in central Tokyo.

The temblor occurred at 7:46 p.m. local time in Ibaraki Prefecture at a depth of 50 km, measuring lower 5 on Japan’s seismic scale of 7 in some areas in Gunma and Saitama prefectures, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).