Magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Japan: twenty-four injuries recorded

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook central Japan this Sunday, causing train disruptions and twenty-four injuries.News, Breaking News, International, wounded, Japan, magnitude, several, earthquake, Japan earthquake, Shizuoka, AFE PACKAGE, newsA 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook central Japan this Sunday, causing train disruptions and twenty-four injuries.

Shizuoka recorded a magnitude 5.7 earthquake this Sunday at 1:04 a.m. local time, causing significant material damage in this prefecture located two hundred kilometers from Tokyo.

Twenty-four people were injured to varying degrees during this seismic event which occurred at a depth of forty kilometers below the surface.

Les services de secours locaux ont dépêché plusieurs équipes d'intervention dans les zones résidentielles touchées pour évaluer l'état des infrastructures et porter assistance aux habitants.

The Central Japan Railway immediately suspended part of the Shinkansen high-speed services in order to carry out technical checks on the railway tracks.

Several portions of lines reopened to traffic late in the morning after careful inspections carried out by maintenance engineers.

Tokyo et la région de Kanto avaient déjà subi un tremblement de terre de magnitude 6,1 deux jours plus tôt, sans qu'aucune alerte au tsunami n'ait été déclenchée par l'agence météorologique nippone.

L'archipel japonais se trouve à la jonction de quatre plaques tectoniques, ce qui engendre une activité sismique quasi quotidienne sur l'ensemble du territoire.

National authorities are due to hold a press conference this Monday morning to update the assessment of material damage and remind people of safety instructions in the event of an aftershock.