An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck southern Japan. The national meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning.
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The shock reached the maximum level (7) on the country’s seismic intensity scale (“shindo”), which measures how strongly earthquakes are felt.
The maximum magnitude earthquake
The shock was felt in the Kumamoto prefecture, southwest of the archipelago – about 900 kilometers southwest of Tokyo – at 16:27 local time (9:27 in Italy).
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It had a hypocenter at 10 kilometers depth, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported, which issued the tsunami warning for the coasts of the Ariake Sea and the Yatsushiro Sea. The United States Pacific Tsunami Warning Center stated that there is no tsunami risk beyond the local Japanese coasts.
No anomalies were immediately detected at nearby nuclear power plants, the country’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said. The local electric company, Kyushu Electric Power, stated that the three nuclear reactors operating in the region continued to function normally.
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