At least 32 people were injured in Tokyo while train services remained disrupted on Friday (Oct. 8), a day after what authorities said was the strongest earthquake in a decade to hit the city.
A powerful earthquake of 5.9 magnitude jolted the Japanese capital at 10.41 p.m. local time (1341GMT) on Thursday (Oct. 7).
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The train services were still disrupted on Friday morning, “affecting about 368,000 passengers in total,” the Tokyo-based Kyodo News reported.
Many services were delayed or canceled following the powerful tremor.
Residents have been warned by the Japan Meteorological Agency that “more earthquakes of a similar intensity are possible over the next week or so.”
The epicenter of the quake was in the northwestern Chiba province, neighboring Tokyo, at a depth of 75 kilometers (46.6 miles).
The weather agency added that another tremor measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale occurred in the same area early on Friday morning. (Anadolu) – bny
