By YURI KAGEYAMA
TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the nation. The general public warnings to avoid coastal areas have been later lifted.
The company initially gave the magnitude estimate at 6.9, however later revised it down. An official first advised reporters the lowered magnitude was 6.7, however the company then launched an announcement with the magnitude revised to six.6.
There have been no quick studies of injury. Residents in some coastal areas have been advised to evacuate as a precautionary measure.
One man was barely injured in Kyushu after falling down some stairs, NHK TV reported. Trains stopped operating in Miyazaki Station, stranding passengers.
NHK stated a tsunami, estimated to be as excessive as 1 meter (3.2 ft), reached land inside half-hour of the quake. The waters detected at Miyazaki Port measured 20 centimeters (0.7 ft) excessive, the studies stated.
Tsunami advisories have been issued for Miyazaki prefecture, the place the quake was centered, within the southwestern island of Kyushu, in addition to close by Kochi prefecture in Shikoku island, shortly after the quake struck at 9:19 p.m. in keeping with the company. They have been all known as off shortly earlier than midnight.
Folks have been warned to avoid the waters, together with rivers. Company official Shigeki Aoki advised reporters that individuals ought to look ahead to landslides in addition to falling objects in properties. Aftershocks are attainable, particularly within the subsequent two or three days, he stated.
The quake, centered at a depth of 36 kilometers (22 miles), shook a large space in Kyushu, the southwestern predominant island, Japan’s Meteorological Company stated. The company initially gave the depth as 30 kilometers (18.6 miles).
NHK TV footage confirmed transferring visitors and well-lit streets, which means that electrical energy was nonetheless working. No issues have been detected on the numerous monitoring posts for nuclear vegetation within the space.
Japan is ceaselessly hit by earthquakes because of its location alongside the “Ring of Fireplace,” an arc of volcanoes and fault traces within the Pacific Basin.
Specialists on the meteorological company met late Monday to gauge how the most recent temblor could also be associated to the so-called Nankai Trough quakes, however determined to not take any extraordinary measures in the interim. The time period refers to a large area believed to be liable to periodic main quakes.
A Nankai Trough quake off Shikoku in 1946 killed greater than 1,300 folks. The world was hit by a 7.1 magnitude quake in August final yr.
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