M5.2 quake shakes Saitama and neighboring prefectures

This latest quake took place at 4:20 AM on Friday (local time) and registered a 3 on the seismic intensity scale in Saitama, Tochigi, Gunma, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Yamanashi, and Tokyo-to.  The depth of this quake was deep at 100km which allowed the seismic waves to travel farther (and thus the large distribution of intensity 3 shaking).  This temblor shook buildings in the capital but caused no reported damage.

Heavy sleepers probably slept through it but the level 3 shaking would have woken most people up (maybe a clue to get an early start for work).

The previous two quakes caused localized damage in locations with the highest shaking.  Soil liquifaction also occurred in the M6.8 quake.

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