India, Nov. 8 -- An earthquake measuring 5.7 in magnitude struck Japan early Sunday, injuring 20 people in Aichi and Shizuoka prefectures, authorities said.

04 a.m., with its epicentre in western Shizuoka Prefecture at a depth of approximately 40 kilometres. It registered an upper 5 on Japan's seismic intensity scale in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Kyodo News reported.

No tsunami warning had been issued following the earthquake, according to the latest update.

Aichi, home to major Japanese manufacturing companies such as Toyota Motor Corp, experienced its strongest earthquake of this intensity in nearly three decades.

The prefecture last recorded an earthquake measuring upper 5 on Japan's seis...