Over 30 injured after Tokyo struck by 5.9 magnitude earthquake
Global News
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Friday that 32 people were injured, three of them seriously, from the quake.
A powerful magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook the Tokyo area on Thursday night, injuring more than 30 people, damaging underground water pipes and halting trains and subways.
Officials said there was no danger of a tsunami but traffic disruptions continued the next morning, with local trains delayed and commuters overflowing rom stations.
The Meteorological Agency said the quake was centered in Chiba prefecture, just east of Tokyo, at a depth of about 80 kilometers (48 miles).
It caused buildings to sway and hanging objects such as signs to swing violently. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said there were no abnormalities at nuclear power facilities in the area.
Most trains operated Friday morning but with major delays and entry restrictions to avoid overcrowding. There was a long waiting line outside of Shinjuku station in Tokyo, and hundreds of morning commuters were overflowing from the Kawaguchi station.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Friday that 32 people were injured, three of them seriously, from the quake.
Police in Chiba prefecture, where 11 people were injured, said two women in separate locations sprained their ankles when they were thrown to the floor during the quake. A commuter train partially derailed in eastern Tokyo when it made an emergency stop, causing three passengers to fall and get slightly injured, according to the disaster management agency.
Others were injured in Kanagawa, Saitama and Gunma prefectures.
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