A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit on Monday the northeastern part of the biggest Japanese island of Honshu, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Ibaraki Prefecture at the depth of 80 kilometers (about 50 miles), according to the JMA.
No tsunami alert has been declared. There is also no information about any damages and victims caused by the earthquake.
Japan is located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffers from powerful earthquakes.
The 9.0 magnitude earthquake in 2011 and the following tsunami killed over 15,000 people and caused the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster.
