A 7.1 magnitude earthquake on Thursday struck Japan's southern region, trig🍨gering a tsunami warning. As per the Japan Meteorological Agency th⭕e earthquake struck 20 kilometres northeast of Nichinan.
Reports said the earthquake was initially rated Magnitude 6.9 and was revised to 7.1. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said officials were assessi𝄹ng possible injuries or serious damage, though none were immediately reported. He urged residents of the affected region to stay away from the coastli🔯ne.
The tsunami warning was activate 7:50 GMT. Author𒉰ities are monitoring the situat🐟ion closely and are bracing for a tsunami.
Visuals on social media show large-scale tremors and people rushing to evacuate amid the chaos. Furthermore, Japan's Miyazaki region♔ on Kyushu island has been put on high alert for a tsunami wave of at least one metre high.
While locඣal reports have cited 7.6 as🎃 the scale of the earthquake, as per the data issued by the JPA and the United States Geological Survey confirmed the earthquake to be at 7.1 on the Richter Scale.
As per NHK J😼apan, tsunami advisories were issuꦛed for the following areas -
Ehime Pref's Uwa Sea coast
Kochi
Bungo Strait coast
Miyazaki
Eastern Kagoshima
Tanegashima and Yakushima Islands
The Nuclear Regulation Authority said all 12 nuclear reactors, including threeಌ which are currently operating, o𝓡n Kyushu and Shikoku remained safe.
Japan's NHK public tel🗹evision said there were reports of broken windows at the Miyazaki airport near th🌳e epicentre.
Japan , which sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” is one of the world's most earthquake-prone couܫntries. The Pacific Ring Of Fire is the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean.
In January this year, an earthquake in Japan's north-central region of Noto left more than🌄 240 people dead.
In March 2011, the north-eastern coast of Japan was struck by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, the strongest ever r🍌ecorded in the country. It triggered a tsunami up to 30 metres high that washed up to 5 kilometres inland, leaving over 19,000 people dead.
