An earthquake that struck at about 1:04 a.m. on the 8th was observed at intensity 5-upper in western Aichi Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicenter was in western Shizuoka Prefecture, at a depth of about 40 kilometers, and the magnitude was estimated at 5.7. There is no risk of a tsunami.
The agency's shindo scale — the intensity measure used in Japan, which runs from 0 to 7 — recorded 5-lower in eastern Aichi, southern Nagano, eastern Mino in Gifu and western Shizuoka. Intensity 4 was observed in central and western Mino in Gifu, central Shizuoka and northern Mie.
Shaking reached intensity 3 in a band stretching from central Nagano and Hida in Gifu through Fukui, Yamanashi, northern and southern Shiga, southern Kyoto, northern Osaka, northern Hyogo and Nara. Intensity 2 was recorded across much of Kyoto city and in parts of Saitama, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Toyama, Ishikawa and Tottori.
Shiga and Kyoto
In Shiga, intensity 3 was recorded in Hikone, Nagahama, Takashima, Maibara, Aisho, Toyosato, Kora, Taga, Otsu, Omihachiman, Kusatsu, Moriyama, Ritto, Koka, Yasu, Konan, Higashiomi, Hino and Ryuo.
In Kyoto Prefecture, intensity 3 was observed in Fushimi Ward in Kyoto city, Joyo, Yawata and Kumiyama. Intensity 2 was recorded in the city's Kita, Kamigyo, Sakyo, Nakagyo, Higashiyama, Shimogyo, Minami, Ukyo, Yamashina and Nishikyo wards, as well as in Uji, Kameoka, Muko, Nagaokakyo, Kyotanabe, Nantan, Kizugawa, Oyamazaki, Ide, Ujitawara, Wazuka, Seika, Minamiyamashiro, Fukuchiyama, Maizuru, Miyazu, Kyotango and Yosano.
Intensity 1 was recorded in Kyotamba, Ayabe and Ine.
Closest to the epicenter
Chita in Aichi recorded intensity 5-upper. Intensity 5-lower was observed in Seto, Handa, Kariya, Toyota, Tokai, Miyoshi, Togo and Shinshiro, all in Aichi, as well as in Aki, Nagano, Ena, Gifu, and Hamamatsu's Hamana Ward in Shizuoka.
All 16 wards of Nagoya recorded intensity 4, as did Okazaki, Ichinomiya, Kasugai, Hekinan, Anjo, Nishio, Inuyama, Tokoname, Obu, Chiryu, Owariasahi, Toyoake, Nisshin, Kiyosu, Ama, Nagakute, Toyohashi, Toyokawa, Gamagori and Tahara in Aichi.
Intensity 4 was also recorded in Iida, Iijima, Nakagawa, Matsukawa, Takamori, Anan, Achi, Neba, Shimojō, Tenryu, Yasuoka, Kiso and several other municipalities in southern Nagano, and in Tajimi, Nakatsugawa, Shirakawa and Seki in Gifu.
In Shizuoka, intensity 4 was observed in Hamamatsu's Chuo and Tenryu wards, Iwata, Kakegawa, Fukuroi, Kosai and Shimada.
Intensity 3 was recorded in Kishiwada in Osaka Prefecture, Toyooka in Hyogo, Takatori in Nara and Fukui city, among other locations. Intensity 1 reached Tokyo's 23 wards, eight cities in Saitama including Kawaguchi and Soka, and Yokohama's Kanagawa, Hodogaya and Midori wards.