TOKYO, Jan. 16 (AP) - (Kyodo)— An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 jolted Tokyo and its vicinity in eastern Japan early Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the 3:18 a.m. quake.
The quake measured 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 3 in Tokyo, Mito and Hitachiomiya in Ibaraki Prefecture, Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, Ichihara and Kimitsu in Chiba prefecture and Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture.
The center of the quake was in the eastern region of Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan and about 170 kilometers underground, according to the agency.
