At 7:03 p.m. on Friday, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan's Chiba Prefecture, sending seismic waves to Tokyo and other neighbouring cities, according to The Japan Times.

The tremor was found at a depth of 50 km off the eastern coast of Chiba, according to the Japanese meteorological office.

According to authorities, a tsunami warning was not issued.

According to the nation's nuclear authority, no anomalies were found at any of the region's nuclear power reactors.

Three weeks have passed since the 6.5-magnitude earthquake that shook Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, which left one man dead and several others injured.

The northernmost point of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture was where the 12 km-deep earthquake occurred.

 

 

According to local authorities in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, which is close to the centre of the earthquake, several structures were damaged by the seism, and hospitals were taking in patients with quake-related injuries.

The article stated: "One man who went from a ladder was not breathing. The Suzu Fire Department said that two individuals were trapped in two of the fallen houses, which totaled three.