Aichi quake injures at least 19, its strongest shaking in about 30 years
The magnitude 5.7 tremor woke Tokai before dawn and brought down glass and bookshelves. Experts say it is no reason to relax about the Nankai Trough.
The magnitude 5.7 tremor woke Tokai before dawn and brought down glass and bookshelves. Experts say it is no reason to relax about the Nankai Trough.
The quake, centered in western Shizuoka at a depth of about 40 km, was felt in Shiga, southern Kyoto and Osaka, and as far as Tokyo and Saitama.
A Nagoya University professor says the quake was not on the Nankai Trough boundary, but that a bigger one could still come — and that today is the day to check your home.
A rice surplus has flipped prices in Aichi, where one shop is selling last year's stock at a loss, and growers in Toyota say they cannot keep going at these rates.
The quake struck at about 1:04 a.m. on the 8th with its epicenter in western Shizuoka. No tsunami is expected.
A Tokyo company handling My Number card appointment emails for the city was breached on October 28, and the city has halted reservation messages while it checks the system.