A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early Sunday, injuring 23 people, most of them slightly, officials said. There was no danger of a tsunami.<\/p>\n
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake occurred in southern Ibaraki prefecture at a depth of 70 kilometres (42 miles), an area of Japan prone to frequent earthquakes. The US Geological Survey recorded a preliminary magnitude of 5.8.<\/p>\n
Twenty-three people suffered injuries across four prefectures in the region, nine in Saitama, nine in Kanagawa, four in Chiba and one in Ibaraki, according to prefectural officials.<\/p>\n
Most of the injured people fell down or hit themselves against furniture or doors after the quake caught them off guard while they were sleeping. They got out of bed in a panic, officials said. Among them, a woman in her 80s fell off her bed and suffered a serious hip injury in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, the Yomiuri newspaper reported.<\/p>\n
The earthquake caused delays to express trains serving Tokyo and Narita Airport, as well as other local trains serving northeastern regions. However, Shinkansen bullet trains continued to run normally, East Japan Railway Co. said.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on X that the government had set up a task force to assess the extent of possible damage.<\/p>\n
The temblor triggered emergency earthquake alerts on mobile phones and significantly shook Tokyo. NHK public television showed traffic on roads in nearby cities, including Mito and Saitama, appearing normal.<\/p>\n
An underground water pipe ruptured in Tokyo’s eastern ward of Koto, sending water onto the road, NHK footage showed. Workers later repaired the pipe and stopped the leak.<\/p>\n
The earthquake caused blackouts affecting about 460 homes in Tokyo, but power was restored by later Sunday morning, according to TEPCO Power Grid.<\/p>\n
The Nuclear Regulation Authority said it received no reports of anomalies from about a dozen nuclear power plants and other facilities that handle nuclear materials.<\/p>\n
Last month, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on Japan’s southernmost island of Kyushu, killing 38 people and injuring 364. It also destroyed more than 1,500 buildings and damaged nearly 20,000 others.<\/p>\n
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Prateek Chakraborty<\/p>\n
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