Magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Shizuoka injures at least 22

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck western Shizuoka Prefecture at 1:04 a.m. on Sunday, injuring at least 22 people, with no tsunami, and the Japan Meteorological Agency warned that a similarly strong quake could follow within days.

Why it matters: The strongest shaking, upper 5 on Japan's intensity scale in Chita, was the first of that strength recorded in Aichi since 1997, and the agency's warning of a possible large quake in the next two to three days keeps a densely populated stretch of the Tokaido corridor on alert.

Data as of Update of November 7, 2026, 20:15 Toronto: ERT News report of November 8, 2026 (in Greek), sourced to the Associated Press and read in full via the estate browser route, for the raised injury count of at least 22, the damage to shops, and Meteorological Agency official Ayataka Ebita's warning on mudslides and rockfalls; ERT gives no prefecture breakdown for the new count, so the breakdown below is the earlier tally at 15. Earlier: Yonhap News Agency report of November 8, 2026 (in Korean), read in full via the estate browser route, for the injury count of at least 15, the intensity readings and the Meteorological Agency's 2 to 3 day warning, all drawn from the agency and NHK reporting. The Insight International report of November 8, 2026, read in full in this run, corroborates the magnitude, depth, intensity and no tsunami findings from NHK and agency material; its lower injury count of three is an earlier tally. Injury figures were still rising between reports. Developing item.

Latest: The injury count has risen to at least 22, the Associated Press reported, in an account carried by ERT News. Shop windows shattered in the affected area, goods were thrown from shop shelves, and some of the injured fell from stairs while leaving buildings. Meteorological Agency official Ayataka Ebita warned residents to be on alert for mudslides and rockfalls and for the possible effects of rainfall, and said no visible change had been detected in the Nankai Trough area.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck western Shizuoka Prefecture at about 1:04 a.m. local time on Sunday, at a depth of about 40 kilometres, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The strongest shaking reached upper 5 on the agency’s intensity scale in Chita City, Aichi Prefecture, the first reading of that strength in Aichi since March 1997, with lower 5 recorded across parts of Aichi, Shizuoka, Gifu and Nagano. There was no tsunami.

An earlier tally put the injured at at least 15, at least 12 of them in Aichi, mostly in falls and head injuries, and three in Shizuoka, Yonhap reported, citing NHK and other Japanese reporting, and no deaths were reported. Water supplies were cut in parts of Higashiura in Aichi, the Tokaido Shinkansen ran at reduced speed between Shizuoka and Hashima with delays, and some local lines suspended service from the first trains of the day.

At an early morning press conference the agency said residents should expect possible shaking of up to upper 5 for about a week, and that the possibility of a large earthquake is high especially over the next two to three days. The agency said the quake appears unlikely to be related to a Nankai Trough mega-earthquake, while it keeps monitoring the activity.

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Shizuoka injures at least 22

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