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TOKYO — An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit southwestern Japan on Thursday (Aug 8), triggering tsunami advisories, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, but there were no immediate signs of major damage.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A weeklong government call for increased preparedness based on an advisory over a potential megaquake along the Pacific coast officially ended 5 p.m. Thursday, after no new major seismic activity was confirmed around the Nankai Trough.
TOKYO -- Japan is on alert for the heightened possibility of a huge earthquake that could cause immense loss of life and property across a wide stretch of the central and western parts of the country.
TOKYO -- Japan on Thursday said the possibility of a huge earthquake over a wide swath of central and western parts of the country has increased relative to normal conditions following a magnitude 7.1 temblor off Miyazaki prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu earlier in the day.
TOKYO (Reuters) -- A magnitude-7.1 earthquake hit southwestern Japan on Thursday, triggering tsunami advisories, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. There were no immediate signs of major damage.