Tokyo, July 5 -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck off the Tokara island chain in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Saturday, the latest in a series of temblors in the area, the country's weather agency said.
The quake, which occurred at 6:29 a.m. local time, measured upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 on Akusekijima, part of the Tokara island chain, said the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The weather agency said the temblor originated at a depth of 19 km, but there is no threat of tsunami.
A magnitude 5.5 quake measuring lower 6 of the Japanese scale was logged in the same area on Thursday, prompting the village of Toshima, consisting of seven inhabited islands and five uninhabited one...