Employees of a supermarket cover their heads with shopping baskets during an anti-disaster drill in Kobe, western Japan, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. About 290,000 people took part in the drill Thursday, three days ahead of Jan. 17 to mark the 21st anniversary of the Great Hanshikin Earthquake that killed more than 6,400 people in 1995. On Thursday, A strong earthquake struck just off the coast of Hokkaido in northern Japan. No tsunami warning was issued. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. YUTA OMORI/KYODO NEWS VIA AP
TOKYO — An earthquake has struck close to Tokyo, shaking much of the metropolitan region. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami risk.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the 7:41 a.m. Friday morning quake had a preliminary magnitude of 4.6. The epicenter was in Kawasaki city, just south of the border with Tokyo.
Japanese broadcaster NHK reported that the quake briefly interrupted bullet train service between Tokyo and Odawara, a nearby city to the south.
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