1 feared dead after 6.5-magnitude quake jolts Japan's Ishikawa prefecture

TOKYO, May 5 (Xinhua) -- One person was feared dead and three buildings collapsed after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's central prefecture of Ishikawa and surrounding areas on Friday, local authorities reported.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor, revised upward from a preliminary magnitude of 6.3, occurred at 2:42 p.m. local time (0542 GMT), at a depth of 10 km, registerin