TOKYO, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Kyushu area in southwestern Japan on Monday, the nation’s climate company stated, with a 20-centimeter tsunami noticed in Miyazaki Prefecture.
The robust temblor occurred at 9:19 p.m. native time, measuring an depth of decrease 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7 within the hardest-hit areas, based on the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
At a depth of 30 km, the epicenter was situated off the waters of Hyuga-nada in southern Kyushu at a latitude of 31.8 levels north and a longitude of 131.6 levels east, the JMA stated.
The JMA has issued a tsunami advisory for Miyazaki and Kochi prefectures.
The climate company initially reported the quake as magnitude 6.4 however later revised the determine to six.9.