At least 24 people were injured in a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Japan's Aichi Prefecture. The tremors struck overnight into 8 November, RBC reports, citing the TV channel Fuji Television Network.
The earthquake was recorded at 1:04 local time. The epicentre was in the western part of neighbouring Shizuoka Prefecture. The maximum intensity was 5+ on the Japanese Shindo seismic intensity scale, a level recorded in the city of Chita in Aichi Prefecture.
In the city of Toyohashi, the tremors shattered the windows of a car showroom and brought down a block wall surrounding a residential house. The earthquake was also felt in other cities in Aichi and in neighbouring Gifu Prefecture.
