Japan's Powerful Quake Injures 32, Disrupts Train Services In Tokyo Area
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published October 08, 2021 | 01:50 PM
TOKYO, Oct. 8 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Oct, 2021 ) :A powerful earthquake that struck the Tokyo area Thursday night has left 32 people injured and continued to disrupt train services Friday morning, affecting around 368,000 passengers in total.
According to East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), the strongest earthquake for the Japanese capital in a decade caused services on the Shinkansen bullet train and 16 local train lines canceled or delayed from late night Thursday to about 3 p.m. local time Friday, resulting in many late-night train passengers stranded and a commuter disruption on Friday morning.
JR East resumed train services on Friday morning, but many passengers were forced to wait at stations due to delays.
After a train derailed in Tokyo's Adachi Ward, one of the areas hit hardest by the temblor, the operation of the Nippori Toneri Liner, a driverless guideway transit system in Tokyo, might suspend for several days, according to its operator.
The Japan Transport Safety board has sent officials to investigate the derailment.
According to a tally by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, two in Saitama Prefecture and one in Chiba Prefecture sustained severe injuries among the 32 injured people.
The earthquake that struck the capital region at 10:41 p.m. local time Thursday reached upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture.
The last time that people in central Tokyo faced such an intense shake was the massive quake of March 11, 2011, which devastated northeastern Japan and triggered a tsunami and nuclear disaster.
Around 250 houses in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward briefly experienced power outages due to the earthquake, and water stoppages and leaks were reported in central Tokyo.
The earthquake also caused 28 cases of people being trapped in elevators in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures, but all cases have been cleared according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism.
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