Earthquake hits Tokyo and eastern Japan

ArabiaWeather.com- The US Geological Survey confirmed that an earthquake measuring five degrees occurred east of Japan today, Sunday; 44 km northeast of Tokyo, at a depth of about 44 km. No damages were reported.

The earthquake hit buildings in Tokyo without the risk of a giant tsunami, and there were no reports of injuries or serious damage.

The Japanese Radio and Television Corporation (NHK) said that the Tokai 2 nuclear power plant, which has been closed since 2011, is being examined to see if it was damaged after the quake, but nothing was found.

Japan is one of the most seismically active regions in the world, as it witnesses about a fifth of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more, according to Reuters.

The strongest earthquake recorded in Japan measured 9.0 and occurred on the northeastern coast on March 11, 2011, triggering a giant tsunami that killed about 20,000 people and caused the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.