An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.6 shook buildings in eastern Japan,

An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.6 shook buildings in eastern Japan, including the capital Tokyo, today but there were no immediate reports of damage.

Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant, said it was still checking conditions at the facility.

The earthquake was centered in Ibaraki Prefecture, just northeast of Tokyo, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said. The depth of the earthquake was 50 kilometers and there was no risk of a tsunami, it added.

Source AP