TOKYO—A strong earthquake on Oct. 5 jolted the same area of Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido that was hit by one of the country’s most powerful tremors last month.
The quake, which struck at 8:58 a.m. (2358 GMT Oct. 4), had a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 (since revised to 5.2), and measured a ‘weak 5’ on Japan’s quake intensity scale of 0 to 7, with 7 being the strongest, Japanese broadcaster NHK said.
