TOKYO, June 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Friday. No tsunami warning was issued.

This photo taken on June 26, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan shows a TV screen displaying information on an earthquake which hit Chiba Prefecture. (Photo: Xinhua)

The temblor occurred at around 12:46 p.m. local time at a depth of about 50 km, measuring 4 on Japan's seismic intensity scale of 7 in the hardest-hit areas of Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures, the weather agency said. The shaking was strongly felt in Tokyo.

The quake's epicenter was located at a latitude of 35.7 degrees north and a longitude of 140.6 degrees east.

The quake was the second to strike near Tokyo in less than an hour. At 11:49 a.m., a 4.1-magnitude earthquake hit southern Ibaraki Prefecture, with tremors also clearly felt in the capital.