TOKYO, eighth November, 2026 (WAM) — A powerful earthquake shook central Japan early Sunday, damaging shops, inflicting individuals to flee buildings and leaving at the least 22 individuals injured, in line with native media.
The Japan Meteorological Agency put the quake’s magnitude at 5.7. The quake struck about 40 kilometres under the earth’s floor in Shizuoka Prefecture. Smaller aftershocks have been additionally reported.
A large space close to Aichi Prefecture was affected, together with town of Hamamatsu, the traditional capitals of Kyoto and Nara, and the close by prefectures of Yamanashi and Gifu.