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 keep away from 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 a press release with the magnitude revised to six.6.
There have been no rapid stories 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 stories 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 accordance with the company. They have been all referred to as off shortly earlier than midnight.
Individuals have been warned to keep away from 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 houses. Aftershocks are doable, 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 essential island, Japan’s Meteorological Company stated. The company initially gave the depth as 30 kilometers (18.6 miles).
NHK TV footage confirmed shifting visitors and well-lit streets, that means that electrical energy was nonetheless working. No issues have been detected on the numerous monitoring posts for nuclear crops within the space.
Japan is continuously hit by earthquakes attributable to its location alongside the “Ring of Fireplace,” an arc of volcanoes and fault strains within the Pacific Basin.
Specialists on the meteorological company met late Monday to gauge how the newest 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 vulnerable to periodic main quakes.
A Nankai Trough quake off Shikoku in 1946 killed greater than 1,300 individuals. The world was hit by a 7.1 magnitude quake in August final yr.
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