TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Japan late Wednesday left 9 individuals with minor accidents and brought about damages reminiscent of burst water pipes and small landslides, authorities stated, however there was no hazard of a tsunami.
The magnitude 6.6 quake was centered simply off the western coast of the southwestern fundamental island of Shikoku, in an space known as the Bungo Channel, a strait separating Shikoku and the southern fundamental island of Kyushu.
The quake occurred 50 kilometers (30 miles) under the ocean’s floor and posed no hazard of a tsunami, the Japanese Meteorological Company stated.
The Hearth and Catastrophe Administration Company stated Thursday that six in Ehime prefecture, two in neighboring Kochi and two others in Oita on Kyushu island suffered minor accidents, largely from falling at residence.
Water pipes had been ruptured at quite a lot of places in Sukumo Metropolis in Kochi prefecture, and grave stones collapsed at a Buddhist temple in Ainan city in Ehime prefecture, in keeping with native media experiences. Falling rooftiles had been additionally reported.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority stated no abnormalities had been reported from 4 reactors working at three nuclear energy crops in Shikoku and Kyushu.
As a part of the Pacific “ring of fireplace,” Japan is among the world’s most earthquake-prone areas. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011 devastated massive areas alongside Japan’s northeastern coast, killing almost 20,000 individuals and triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdowns. On Jan. 1, a magnitude 7.6 quake struck the north-central area of Noto and left 241 individuals useless.
Mari Yamaguchia, The Related Press
