Wed 12 November, 2003 08:53
TOKYO (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake has shaken Tokyo but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and national broadcaster NHK says there is no danger of tidal waves.
The earthquake on Wednesday measured 6.5 on the Richter scale and four on the Japanese seismic scale of seven in some areas of Tochigi prefecture, to the north of Tokyo.
NHK said the focus was below the seabed at a depth of 240 miles off the coast of the Kii peninsula in western Japan.
Train services were not disrupted, NHK said.
Japan sits atop the junction of at least three tectonic plates, immense slabs of the earth's crust whose gradual movements are thought to cause earthquakes, making it one of the world's most earthquake-prone regions.
