HamamatsuA magnitude 5.7 quake injured at least 22 people.
Shaking reached Kyoto, Nara and Yamanashi, where Mount Fuji stands, but not Tokyo.
The quake struck at 1:04am, 40km deep, and some of the injured fell on stairs fleeing buildings.
Chubu Electric Power said Japan’s Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka showed no abnormalities.
The Meteorological Agency warns strong quakes could follow within 2 to 3 days.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 200+ reports worldwide
- The Independent
- NDTV
- adds the USGS 5.5 reading beside JMA's 5.7 and a three-day aftershock warning
- Al Jazeera Online
- notes no tsunami warning and that the quake was not felt in Tokyo, citing Kyodo
- The Times of Israel
- TRT World
- ties the quake to Hamaoka nuclear plant status and the July Kumamoto 7.1, noting it was Aichi's strongest in three decades
Sources: The Independent, NDTV, Al Jazeera Online, The Times of Israel, TRT World