Epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture, 40 kilometers deep. No tsunami warning and no serious injuries according to initial information. A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Japan in the early hours of the morning, causing at least twenty injuries and numerous transport disruptions. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (Jma), the epicenter was identified in Shizuoka prefecture, in the Chubu region, on the island of Honshu, between Tokyo and Kyoto.
The earthquake
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40 kilometers and did not trigger a tsunami warning. In some areas of the prefectures of Aichi, Nagano, Gifu and Shizuoka the tremor reached level 5 on the Japanese seismic scale, which measures the intensity of the shaking on the surface and reaches up to level 7. According to what was reported by the agency Kyodofirefighters reported at least twenty people injured, none seriously. Shizuoka Prefecture, in a statement published on its website, reported three injured people aged between 30 and 90.