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Another earthquake in Kanto region, not a major one but it's quite shaky...
Epicenter is in Northern Saitama Prefecture JMA says about 50km (31.1 miles) depth and USGS says 35km (21.7 miles) depth.
Luckily, epicenter was far off the archipalego and also depth was very deep as JMA says 590km(366.6 miles), USGS says 677.6km(421.0 miles).
Despite this massive magnitude, no tsunami warnings issued.
M5.3 Earthquake occurred on September 12, 2015 5:49AM local time (Sep. 11, 2015 4:49PM EDT) in Tokyo Bay!
Shinjuku and other districts in Tokyo had reported intensity level 4 it must be quite shaky even for the Japanese standard.
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