5.1 quake rattles Japan’s Nagano prefecture

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck Japan’s Nagano prefecture on Saturday morning, said Japan Meteorological Agency.

The quake that hit the region at 10:29am local time (0129 GMT), was centred in the northern part of Nagano prefecture in central Japan, with the epicentre at a latitude of 36.6 degrees north and a longitude of 137.9 degrees east and at a depth of 10 km.

Xinhua reported citing the Meteorological Agency that the earthquake logged lower 5 in some parts of Nagano prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.

However, there were no reports of damages or injuries and no tsunami warning was issued.