Rather large earthquake just now Posted on September 16, 2014 by doug There was a surprisingly large earthquake just a few minutes ago. No damage in my house. It was a Shindo 5- out of 7 centered in southern Ibaraki. It was Shindo 4 here in Tokyo. The magnitude was 5.6. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)