Quake jolts Tokyo, no injuries or damage reported

Tokyo, Aug 31: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 jolted Tokyo today but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The quake, at 5:18 pm had an intensity of 3 on the Japanese scale of 7 in Tokyo and 4 in Kanagawa, southwest of the capital, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The focus of the quake was 70 km below the seabed in Tokyo Bay, the agency said. No tsunami warnings were issued.

High-speed Shinkansen bullet train services out of Tokyo were briefly halted, but other trains and operations at the city's two international airports were unaffected, officials said.

REUTERS