Tokyo: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit southwestern Japan on Thursday, triggering tsunami advisories, public broadcaster NHK reported, but there were no immediate signs of major damage.
NHK earlier reported the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.9.
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a very shallow depth of 8.8 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface
The epicenter of the quake was reported to be about 8.8 km below the ground on Japan's Kyushu island. Tsunami advisories have been issued for the cities of Miyazaki, Kochi, Oita, Kagoshima and Ehime.
Authorities issued advisories for a one-metre high tsunami for the Pacific coast of the western islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, NHK said.
In Miyazaki prefecture on Kyushu, 20-centimetre high waves had already been observed, NHK said.
Earlier on January 1, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan. 318 people died and 1300 were injured in this. The earthquake in Ishikawa caused fires in many places. 200 buildings were burnt to ashes due to this.
Earlier in March 2011, the most dangerous earthquake ever occurred in Japan, in which 16 thousand people died.
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