These were strong!

A strong earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 hit the Kanto area in eastern Japan on Saturday afternoon with an intensity of higher 5 recorded in part of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued following the 4:35 p.m. quake. The quake measured higher 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Tokyo's Adachi Ward and lower 5 in southern Saitama, southern and northwestern Chiba and eastern Kanagawa prefectures. An intensity of 4 was registered in Tokyo's other wards, southern Ibaraki Prefecture and other areas. Runways at Narita airport near Tokyo were briefly closed following the quake while bullet train service was suspended between Tokyo and Shizuoka. No damage to electric power facilities was reported, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co. Amusement facilities at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, were automatically halted, its operator Oriental Land Co. said, adding no one was injured in the quake. The focus of the quake was 90 kilometers underground in northwestern Chiba, the agency said. ==Kyodo