51.   An intensity of four on the Japanese scale is strong enough to cause houses to shake strongly.

52.   An intensity of three in the Japanese scale of seven was recorded in Nase in Amami Oshima, the agency said.

53.   An earthquake measuring four on the Japanese scale of seven jolted the port city of Kobe in western Japan late Wednesday, news reports said.

54.   An earthquake measuring three on the seven-point Japanese scale shook the Tokyo region Thursday, the meteoroligical agency said.

55.   An intensity of five on the Japanese scale is large enough to cause cracks in plaster walls and concrete building.

56.   An intensity of five on the Japanese scale of seven was recorded in the two cities, both in Iwate Prefecture, the agency said.

57.   An intensity of four on the Japanese scale of seven was marked in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, northeast of Fukui.

58.   An intensity of two on the seven-point Japanese scale was recorded in the cities of Kushiro and Nemuro in Hokkaido, the agency said.

59.   Another big drill was held on reclaimed land in Urayasu near Tokyo on the assumption of a quake of at least six on the Japanese scale occuring at noon.

60.   But experts from the agency later found that seven on the Japanese scale was felt in some parts of Kobe and Awaji island off the port city.