5.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's Ibaraki near Tokyo: JMA

TOKYO - A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on Wednesday, with the tremors felt in central Tokyo, the country's weather agency said.

The temblor occurred at 10:06 am local time at a depth of 50 km, measuring lower 5 on Japan's seismic scale of 7 in the hardest-hit areas, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The quake's epicenter was located in southern Ibaraki Prefecture at a latitude of 36.1 degrees north and a longitude of 140.0 degrees east.

No immediate injuries or damage have been reported so far.