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TOKYO (AP) — A beardown earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has deed southwestern Japan, the country's Meteorological Agency said Monday, portion informing the nationalist to enactment distant from coastal areas due to the fact that of a tsunami threat.
Tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, wherever the quake was centered, successful the southwestern land of Kyushu, arsenic good arsenic adjacent Kochi Prefecture, successful Shikoku island, soon aft the quake struck astatine 9:19 p.m. section time, according to the agency.
There were nary contiguous reports of damage. Residents successful immoderate coastal areas were told to evacuate arsenic a precautionary measure. One antheral was somewhat injured successful Kyushu aft falling down immoderate stairs, NHK reported. Trains stopped moving successful Miyazaki Station, stranding passengers.
Public broadcaster NHK TV said a tsunami, estimated to beryllium arsenic precocious arsenic 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, reached onshore wrong 30 minutes of the quake. The waters detected astatine Miyazaki Port measured 20 centimeters (0.7 feet) high, the reports said.
The quake, centered astatine a extent of 30 kilometers (18.6 miles), shook a wide country successful Kyushu, the southwestern main island, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.
Japan is often deed by earthquakes due to the fact that of its determination on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and responsibility lines successful the Pacific Basin.
NHK TV footage showed moving postulation and well-lit streets, meaning that electrical powerfulness was inactive working. No problems were detected astatine the assorted monitoring posts for atomic plants successful the area.
Experts astatine the meteorological bureau were gathering precocious Monday to gauge however the latest temblor whitethorn beryllium related to the alleged Nankai Trough quakes.
The word refers to a wide portion believed to beryllium prone to periodic large quakes. A Nankai Trough quake disconnected Shikoku successful 1946 killed much than 1,300 people. The country was deed by a 7.1 magnitude quake successful August past year.
