TOKYO, July 25-- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 on Thursday struck off east coast of Japan's Chiba Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 7:14 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 35.1 degrees north and a longitude of 140.6 degrees east, and at a depth of 60 km. The quake logged 3 in some parts of Chiba Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7. So far no tsunami warning has been issued. |