âš¡Japan: Earthquake of Magnitude 5.2 on Richter Scale Strikes Aomori Prefecture
By IANS
The temblor occurred at 2:38 p.m. local time (0538 GMT) off Aomori's Pacific coast at a depth of 20 km, measuring 3 on Japan's seismic scale of 7 in Hakodate City, Hokkaido Prefecture, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).