Vidik. Stepen eskalacije: napeto.
← All events
Napeto68 / 100Accidents and natural hazards

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes eastern Japan, 37 injured

started August 23, 2026 at 7:15 AM · last changed 4d ago

Summary

A moderate magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck eastern Japan early Sunday, centred in Ibaraki prefecture, injuring at least 37 people mostly lightly with no tsunami risk. It also caused train delays and a burst water pipe in Tokyo's Koto ward, prompting the government to set up a crisis response team.

This summary was written by a language model from the 13 sources listed below.

Extract from the source

UMJEREN potres pogodio je istočni Japan, uključujući područje Tokija, u 2 sata ujutro po lokalnom vremenu, pri čemu je ozlijeđeno najmanje 37 ljudi, većinom lakše.

Locations

Only the locations this event's sources named.

Severity68

Total — band napeto (40–69)

Sources (13)

A headline and an extract of at most 25 words. The full text is never published; every source is named and linked.

Vidik measures media signal intensity. It does not predict events and it does not assess danger. Methodology

Report an error in this event