TOKYO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A moderately strong earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Tokyo and surrounding areas on Wednesday, and four people were reported injured, two of them seriously.
A 74-year-old woman suffered head injuries after falling downstairs at her home in Tokyo during the quake, and a woman aged 94 suffered broken bones as she tried to get out of her house in Chiba, east of the capital, Kyodo news service reported.
Flights at Narita airport outside Tokyo were unaffected, but the city's Haneda Airport, which handles mostly domestic flights, closed its three runways for checks.
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