Sputnik
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit on Friday the western part of the biggest Japanese island of Honshu, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located near the coast of the Fukui Prefecture at the depth of 10 kilometers (about six miles), according to the Meteorological Agency.
According to the Kyodo news agency, two people have been injured as a result of the earthquake: an 80-year-old woman and a 2-year-old girl.
Japan is located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffers from powerful earthquakes. The 2011 9.0 magnitude earthquake and the following tsunami killed over 15,000 people and caused the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster.
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