The Straits Times·Asia

5.5-magnitude quake hits Japan’s Chiba prefecture

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 28 October 2026, 22:59 UTC ·10 sec listen

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit Japan’s Chiba prefecture. It registered lower 5 on the country’s seismic scale and was measured at about 52 kilometres deep. No tsunami threat was expected after the quake struck Japan.

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