Three Dead, Plants and Trains Halted After Japan Quake

  • Quake halts trains, cuts power in Japan’s industrial heartland
  • Three confirmed dead, with close to 100 people injured
At Least Three Dead in Osaka-Area Earthquake
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Three people were confirmed dead and almost 100 injured after a strong earthquake hit Osaka on Monday morning, rattling one of Japan’s industrial heartlands and halting trains and factories across the region.

The earthquake struck at 7:58 a.m. local time, with an initial magnitude of 5.9 that was later revised upwards to 6.1. At 13 kilometers (8.1 miles) it was relatively shallow, and caused heavy shaking that registered a lower 6 on the Japanese scale of 7. It was the strongest shaking registered in Osaka under records which date back to 1923. As the quake was centered inland, there was no fear of a tsunami.