Trains resume with delays after Aichi earthquake injures at least 19

The Japanese report shows shattered showroom windows and fallen bookstore stock after unusually strong shaking in central Japan.

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【愛知】未明に最大震度5強東海地方で少なくとも19人ケガ

Passengers return to Nagoya Station, but the departure boards still show delays. Rail services have resumed after an early-morning earthquake that injured at least 19 people across Japan's Tokai region, according to Japan's Nippon Television News (日テレNEWS).

The earthquake struck at about 1:04 a.m. local time on November 8. Chita, in Aichi Prefecture, recorded upper 5 on Japan's seismic intensity scale, with strong shaking also reported elsewhere in Aichi and in neighboring Gifu and Mie. The broadcaster says it was Aichi's first upper-5 reading in roughly three decades. Seismic intensity describes shaking at a particular location, rather than the earthquake's overall magnitude.

Camera footage captures the tremors in Toyohashi and at Nagoya Station. In Toyohashi, reporter Rie Yazaki stands outside an Audi dealership where large showroom windows have shattered, leaving glass across the walkway. Another sequence shows books scattered over the floor of a bookstore in Toyota.

The report says seven people in Nagoya were taken to hospital. It also shows commuters returning as the Tokaido Shinkansen and conventional rail lines restart, though services remain delayed.

In the accompanying description, the broadcaster says the Japan Meteorological Agency considers a connection with a major Nankai Trough earthquake unlikely at this stage. That assessment concerns the relationship between this earthquake and the offshore fault zone, not a prediction of when another earthquake might occur.