A almighty earthquake struck disconnected Japan's confederate seashore connected Thursday, triggering a tsunami advisory. Residents were urged to enactment distant from the coastline, but determination were nary contiguous reports of injuries oregon superior damage.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake registered magnitude 7.1 and was centered successful waters disconnected the eastbound seashore of Japan's confederate main island of Kyushu astatine a extent of astir 18.6 miles.
The quake astir powerfully shook Nichinan metropolis and adjacent areas successful Miyazaki prefecture connected Kyushu island.
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The bureau said tsunami waves of up to 1.6 feet were detected on parts of Kyushu's confederate seashore and the adjacent land of Shikoku astir a fractional hr aft the quake struck.
Seismologists were holding an exigency gathering to analyse whether the quake had affected the adjacent Nankai Trough, the root of past devastating earthquakes.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said officials were assessing imaginable injuries oregon superior damage, though nary were instantly reported. He urged residents of the affected portion to enactment distant from the coastline.
Seismology Department authoritative Shigeki Aoki warned that beardown aftershocks could hap for astir a week.
Japan’s NHK nationalist tv said windows were breached astatine the Miyazaki airdrome adjacent the epicenter. The airport's runway was temporarily closed for information checks.
NHK showed dozens of radical gathering astatine a designated hilltop evacuation area.
In Osaki successful neighboring Kagoshima prefecture, factual walls collapsed and a woody location was damaged, but nary injuries were reported.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority said each 12 atomic reactors, including 3 that are presently operating, connected Kyushu and Shikoku remained safe.
Earthquakes successful areas with atomic powerfulness plants person been a large interest since a monolithic earthquake and tsunami successful March 2011 triggered the Fukushima atomic disaster.
Japan sits connected the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a enactment of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean, and is 1 of the world's astir earthquake-prone countries.
An earthquake connected Jan. 1 successful Japan's north-central portion of Noto near much than 240 radical dead.
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